Table 2.
Description of Specific 30-day Adverse Event Outcomes
| Adverse Event Category | N | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Reason for return visit to ED | 124 | |
| Shortness of Breath | 29 (23%) | |
| Chest Pain | 19 (15%) | |
| Palpitations | 16 (13%) | |
| Weakness | 15 (12%) | |
| Tachycardia | 7 (6%) | |
| Altered Mental Status | 6 (5%) | |
| Syncope | 6 (5%) | |
| Extremity edema | 5 (4%) | |
| Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) | 4 (3%) | |
| Arrhythmia | 4 (3%) | |
| Abdominal Pain | 3 (2%) | |
| Abnormal Bleeding | 3 (2%) | |
| Hypotension | 2 (2%) | |
| Nausea | 2 (2%) | |
| Other | 3 (2%) | |
| Hospital admission diagnosis | 130 | |
| AF with rapid ventricular response | 42 (32%) | |
| Heart failure | 28 (22%) | |
| Chest Pain/Acute coronary syndrome | 11 (7%) | |
| Symptomatic AF/atrial flutter | 8 (6%) | |
| Shortness of breath/Hypoxia | 7 (5%) | |
| CVA/Transient ischemic attack | 6 (5%) | |
| Malaise | 6 (5%) | |
| Hypotension/Syncope | 5 (4%) | |
| Tachycardia | 8 (6%) | |
| Bradycardia | 4 (3%) | |
| Palpitations | 2 (2%) | |
| Acute limb ischemia | 1 (1%) | |
| Other | 2 (2%) | |
| Cardiovascular complication | 128 | |
| AF with rapid ventricular response | 43 (34%) | |
| Heart Failure | 32 (25%) | |
| Embolic complications | 10 (8%) | |
| AF with rapid ventricular response and heart failure |
9 (7%) | |
| Acute coronary syndrome | 7 (5%) | |
| Atrial flutter with rapid ventricular response |
6 (5%) | |
| Syncope | 5 (4%) | |
| Pacemaker dysfunction | 4 (3%) | |
| Bradycardia | 4 (3%) | |
| Adverse medication reaction | 3 (3%) | |
| Cardiac arrest | 3 (3%) | |
| Other | 2 (2%) | |
| Cause of death | 54 | |
| Heart Failure | 9 (17%) | |
| Intracranial hemorrhage | 7 (13%) | |
| Respiratory failure | 7 (13%) | |
| Complications of metastatic cancer | 7 (13%) | |
| Cardiac arrest | 7 (13%) | |
| Sepsis | 6 (11%) | |
| Ischemic Stroke | 4 (7%)) | |
| Thoracic aortic disease | 2 (4%) | |
| Pneumonia | 2 (4%) | |
| Complications of renal failure | 2 (4%) | |
| Myelodysplasia | 1 (2%) |