The Impact of Frailty on Patients With AF and HFrEF Undergoing Catheter Ablation A Nationwide Population Study
Mark J, Colombo R, Alfonso C, Llanos A, Collado E, Larned J, Giese G, Dyal M, Nanna M, Damluji A. The Impact of Frailty on Patients With AF and HFrEF Undergoing Catheter Ablation A Nationwide Population Study. JACC Advances 2024, 3: 101358. PMID: 39600986, PMCID: PMC11588852, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdverse cardiovascular eventsCatheter ablationAtrial fibrillationCardiovascular eventsHeart failureFrail patientsHospital lengthNonfrail patientsReducing major adverse cardiovascular eventsAssociated with worse outcomesMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsReduced ejection fractionHospital length of stayIn-hospital mortalityLonger hospital lengthAssociated with increased oddsDischarge dispositionInfluence of frailtyMultivariate regression analysisNationwide Inpatient SampleImpact of frailtyLength of stayPrevalence of frailtyEjection fractionJohns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Groups