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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2020 Jul 23;13(9):e007944. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.119.007944

Table 3: Complications:

Number of intra-procedural or immediate post-procedure complications for all patients and by AF subtype.

Overall Paroxysmal AF Persistent AF p-value
N 3139 1778 (56.6%) 1361 (43.4%) N
Total cases with complications 160 (5.1%) 69 (3.9%) 91 (6.7%) 0.0004
Volume overload 39 (1.2%) 14 (0.8%) 25 (1.8%) 0.0086
Hematoma 33 (1.1%) 14 (0.8%) 19 (1.4%) 0.0979
Hemopericardium 14 (0.4%) 10 (0.6%) 4 (0.3%) 0.2628
Pericardiocentesis 11 (0.4%) 7 (0.4%) 4 (0.3%) 0.6762
Urinary tract infection 11 (0.4%) 8 (0.4%) 3 (0.2%) 0.2805
Anesthesia complication 9 (0.3%) 4 (0.2%) 5 (0.4%) 0.4602
Tamponade 9 (0.3%) 8 (0.4%) 1 (0.08%) 0.0559
Pseudoaneurysm 8 (0.2%) 3 (0.2%) 5 (0.4%) 0.2744
Hemorrhage requiring transfusion 7 (0.2%) 3 (0.2%) 4 (0.3%) 0.4618
Phrenic nerve injury 6 (0.2%) 1 (0.1%) 5 (0.4%) 0.0481
Retroperitoneal bleed 3 (0.1%) 1 (0.1%) 2 (0.2%) 0.4154
Arteriovenous fistula 3 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (0.2%) 0.0477
Aspiration 3 (0.1%) 2 (0.1%) 1 (0.07%) 0.7256
Stroke 3 (0.1%) 2 (0.1%) 1 (0.07%) 0.7256
Transient ischemic attack 1 (0.03%) 1 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0.3815
Perforation or tamponade requiring surgery 1 (0.03%) 1 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0.3815
Death 1 (0.03%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.07%) 0.2532
Other 45 (1.4%) 18 (1.0%) 27 (2.0%) 0.0234