Contemporary Procedural Complications, Hospitalizations, and Emergency Visits After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Freeman JV, Tabada GH, Reynolds K, Sung SH, Liu TI, Gupta N, Go AS. Contemporary Procedural Complications, Hospitalizations, and Emergency Visits After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2017, 121: 602-608. PMID: 29331355, PMCID: PMC5805603, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.11.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAF ablationProcedural complicationsEmergency visitsAtrial flutterEmergency departmentRisk factorsLarge integrated health care delivery systemIntegrated health care delivery systemPrevious community-based studiesAcute inpatient complicationsAF ablation patientsEmergency department evaluationAortic valvular diseaseAtrial fibrillation ablationMultivariable logistic regressionStrong risk factorCommunity-based studyHealth care delivery systemInpatient complicationsAcute complicationsVascular complicationsAblation patientsAdult patientsCommon complicationDepartment evaluation