Causes of Early Mortality After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation.
Min Choon TanPattara RattanawongSuganya Arunachalam KarikalanAbhishek J DeshmukhKomandoor SrivathsanLuis R ScottChristopher J McLeodSamuel J AsirvathamPeter A NoseworthySiva K MulpuruYong-Mei ChaThomas M MungerAbhishek J DeshmukhPublished in: Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology (2023)
AF ablation procedure has a 90-day mortality of 0.22%, and the most common cause of early mortality was sudden death. The majority (73.3%) of early mortality was not directly associated with a procedural complication, and the mortality rate due to complications associated with the AF ablation procedure was low at 0.06%. Further studies are required to investigate causes and risk factors associated with sudden death in this patient population.