Table 3.
The most common causes for 30-day ED evaluation among 18,848 patients undergoing AF ablation
| Rank | Category | # of ER visits (episode-level) | % of ER visits (episode-level) | # of patients with ER visit (patient-level) | % of Total (patient-level) | Average days to ER visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | All-cause | 3,041 | 100.0% | 1,490 | 7.9% | 12.6 |
| 1 | SVT including AF | 457 | 15.0% | 367 | 1.9% | 13.1 |
| 2 | Chest pain, other | 403 | 13.3% | 329 | 1.7% | 13.0 |
| 3 | Respiratory, non-infectious | 367 | 12.1% | 318 | 1.7% | 12.0 |
| 4 | Musculoskeletal | 329 | 10.8% | 241 | 1.3% | 20.4 |
| 5 | GI, non-hemorrhagic | 158 | 5.2% | 141 | 0.7% | 12.5 |
| 6 | Other | 152 | 5.0% | 144 | 0.8% | 11.3 |
| 7 | Trauma | 150 | 4.9% | 135 | 0.7% | 14.7 |
| 8 | Infection | 143 | 4.7% | 129 | 0.7% | 10.6 |
| 9 | Cardiac, unrelated to arrhythmia, HF, MI | 140 | 4.6% | 125 | 0.7% | 12.7 |
| 10 | Genitourinary | 112 | 3.7% | 97 | 0.5% | 12.2 |
AF = atrial fibrillation, GI = gastrointestinal, HF = heart failure, MI = myocardial infarction, SVT = supraventricular tachycardia