. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Heart Rhythm. 2021 May 18;18(9):1508–1515. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.05.017

Table 2.

Hospital outcomes and resource utilization in Watchman recipients

Outcome	Pericardial effusion requiring intervention (n = 220)	No pericardial effusion requiring intervention (n = 17,480)	P
Died at discharge	25 (11.4)	20 (0.1)	<.001
Discharge disposition
Home/routine/self-care	165 (84.6)	16,880 (96.7)	<.001
Nonhome discharges	30 (15.4)	580 (3.3)
Resource utilization
Length of stay (d)	4 (2–6)	1 (1–1)	<.001
Cost of hospitalization ($)	36,767 (27,846–50,411)	24,275 (18,607–30,702)	<.001

Values are presented as median (interquartile range) or n (%).