Why the study?
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia worldwide, but data regarding 30-day readmission rates after discharge remain poorly reported.
Population
1 723 378 patients discharged after atrial fibrillation hospitalization
Comparison
Readmitted vs nonreadmitted patients within 30 days
Design
Retrospective database study
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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Substantial 30-day readmission burden persists after AF hospitalization; hypothesis-generating for procedural strategies to lower risk.
Approximately 1 in 7 patients hospitalized for atrial fibrillation are readmitted within 30 days, with electrical cardioversion and catheter ablation during the index admission associated with lower readmission risk.
Tripathi et al. (2019) studied this question.
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