Rates and predictors of hospital and emergency department care after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
Friedman D, Freeman J, Wong C, Febre J, Iglesias M, Khanna R, Piccini J. Rates and predictors of hospital and emergency department care after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Journal Of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 2023, 34: 823-830. PMID: 36738152, DOI: 10.1111/jce.15841.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPredictors of hospitalED careAF ablationED visitsPatient comorbiditiesSupraventricular tachycardiaUnscheduled careFemale sexCommon reasonDirect oral anticoagulationEmergency department evaluationNoncardiac chest painDays of dischargeRisk of rehospitalizationAtrial fibrillation ablationEmergency department careSame-day discharge programQuality improvement initiativesOptum Clinformatics databaseAdmission careMean CHAOral anticoagulationPostablation periodVASc scoreChest pain