Table 4.
Events during 1-year follow-up after hospital discharge
| Stroke group | Non-stroke group | p-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discharged alive, n | 137 | 499 | |
| Information on vital status obtained, n (%) | 134 (97.8) | 489 (98.0) | 0.89 |
| Death within 365 days, n (% of patients with documented vital status) | 14 (10.4) | 55 (11.3) | |
| Surviving patients with detailed follow-up information | 107 | 404 | |
| Major events – post-discharge in survivors of follow-up | |||
| • Non-fatal stroke, n (%) | 2 (1.9) | 1 (0.2) | 0.11 |
| • Transient ischemic attack, n (%) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) | 0.47 |
| • Systemic embolism, n (%) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 0.21 |
| • Severe bleeding, n (%) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.7) | 1.00 |
| • Severe groin complication, n (%) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.2) | 1.00 |
| • Pericardial effusion requiring action, n (%) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.2) | 1.00 |
| • Device dislodgement requiring action, each n (%) | |||
| o Surgical | 0 (0) | 3 (0.6) | 1.00 |
| o Interventional | 0 (0) | 1 (0.2) | 1.00 |
| • Pulmonary embolism, n (%) | 0 (0) | 6 (1.5) | 0.35 |
| Moderate events – post-discharge in survivors of follow-up | |||
| • Moderate bleeding, n (%) | 1 (0.9) | 19 (4.7) | 0.07 |
| • Deep vein thrombosis, n (%) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.2) | 0.31 |
| Rehospitalisation, n (%) | 28 (28.9) | 147 (40.7) | 0.033 |
| • Due to an occluder complication, n (% of all rehospitalisations) | 0 (0) | 7 (4.8) | 0.23 |
* Tested by Pearson's chi-squared, Fisher’s exact, or Mann–Whitney-Wilcoxon test; bold indicates p ≤ 0.05; more than one item could occur in the same patient