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Healthcare Utilization and Clinical Outcomes after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Flutter

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  • Thomas A Dewland
  • David V Glidden
  • Gregory M Marcus

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Atrial flutter ablation is associated with a high rate of acute procedural success and symptom improvement. The relationship between ablation and other clinical outcomes has been limited to small studies primarily conducted at academic centers. We sought to determine if catheter ablation of atrial flutter is associated with reductions in healthcare utilization, atrial fibrillation, or stroke in a large, real world population. California Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project databases were used to identify patients undergoing atrial flutter ablation between 2005 and 2009. The adjusted association between atrial flutter ablation and healthcare utilization, atrial fibrillation, or stroke was investigated using Cox proportional hazards models. Among 33,004 patients with a diagnosis of atrial flutter observed for a median of 2.1 years, 2,733 (8.2%) underwent catheter ablation. Atrial flutter ablation significantly lowered the adjusted risk of inpatient hospitalization (HR 0.88, 95% CI 0.84–0.92, p

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  • Thomas A Dewland & David V Glidden & Gregory M Marcus, 2014. "Healthcare Utilization and Clinical Outcomes after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Flutter," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(7), pages 1-6, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0100509
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100509
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