Table 2.
The most common causes for 30-day hospital readmission among 18,848 patients undergoing AF ablation
| Rank | Category | # of Readmission (episode-level) | % of Readmission (episode-level) | # of patients with Readmission (patient-level) | % of Total (patient-level) | Average Days to Readmission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | All-cause | 1,703 | 100.0% | 1,440 | 7.6% | 12.3 |
| 1 | SVT including AF | 565 | 33.2% | 539 | 2.9% | 8.9 |
| 2 | Heart failure | 216 | 12.7% | 200 | 1.1% | 10.7 |
| 3 | Infection | 207 | 12.2% | 191 | 1.0% | 12.3 |
| 4 | Respiratory, non-infectious | 90 | 5.3% | 82 | 0.4% | 11.7 |
| 5 | Cardiac, unrelated to arrhythmia, HF, MI | 50 | 2.9% | 47 | 0.2% | 11.7 |
| 6 | Genitourinary | 48 | 2.8% | 42 | 0.2% | 12.2 |
| 7 | GI, non-hemorrhagic | 46 | 2.7% | 43 | 0.2% | 12.1 |
| 8 | Bradycardia | 45 | 2.6% | 44 | 0.2% | 9.0 |
| 9 | Bleeding | 41 | 2.4% | 40 | 0.2% | 5.5 |
| 10 | Pericardial disease* | 38 | 2.2% | 38 | 0.2% | 8.3 |
AF = atrial fibrillation, GI = gastrointestinal, HF = heart failure, MI = myocardial infarction, SVT = supraventricular tachycardia
*
Not related to pericardial effusion with or without tamponade