Table 3.

In-hospital outcomes in paroxysmal and non-paroxysmal groups among AF patients.

	Paroxysmal	Non-Paroxysmal
Reason for admission
Atrial fibrillation	99 (41.9%)	91 (22.9%)
Acute coronary syndrome	39 (16.5%)	54 (13.6%)
Heart failure	13 (5.5%)	74 (18.6%)
Cerebrovascular accident	17 (7.2%)	28 (7.0%)
Systemic embolization other than the brain	0 0. (0%)	5 (1.3%)
Bleeding	2 (0.8%)	18 (4.5%)
COPD	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)
Cardiac operation	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)
Syncope	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.5%)
Non-cardiovascular causes	65 (27.5%)	118 (29.6%)
In Patients outcome
Discharged home	219 (93.2%)	377 (95.0%)
In hospital death	15 (6.4%)	18 (4.6%)
Cause of in-hospital death
Acute myocardial infarction	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.5%)
Stroke	3 (1.3%)	6 (1.5%)
Sepsis	9 (3.8%)	4 (1.0%)
Cardiac arrest of an undetermined etiology	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.3%)
Cardiogenic shock	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)
Upper GI bleeding	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)
Acute respiratory failure	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)

COPD, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.