Authors
Apurva O Badheka, Ankit Chothani, Kathan Mehta, Nileshkumar J Patel, Abhishek Deshmukh, Michael Hoosien, Neeraj Shah, Vikas Singh, Peeyush Grover, Ghanshyambhai T Savani, Sidakpal S Panaich, Ankit Rathod, Nilay Patel, Shilpkumar Arora, Vipulkumar Bhalara, James O Coffey, William O’Neill, Raj Makkar, Cindy L Grines, Theodore Schreiber, Luigi Di Biase, Andrea Natale, Juan F Viles-Gonzalez
Publication date
2015/2
Journal
Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
42-48
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Description
Background
Safety data on percutaneous left atrial appendage closure arises from centers with considerable expertise in the procedure or from clinical trial, which might not be reproducible in clinical practice. We sought to estimate the frequency and predictors of adverse outcomes and costs of percutaneous left atrial appendage closure procedure in the US.
Methods and Results
The data were obtained from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from the years 2006 to 2010. The Nationwide Inpatient Sample is the largest all-payer inpatient data set in the US. Complications were calculated using patient safety indicators and International Classification of Diseases-Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes. Annual hospital volume was calculated using unique hospital identifiers. Weights provided by the Nationwide Inpatient Sample were used to generate national estimates. A total of 268 (weighted=1288) procedures …
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