Impact of intracardiac echocardiography on readmission morbidity and mortality following atrial fibrillation ablation.
Saurabh Ajit DeshpandeHiroyuki SawatariRaheel AhmedRakesh Gopinathan NairHassan KhanMohammed Y KhanjiVirend K SomersC Anwar A ChahalDeepak PadmanabhanPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2022)
ICE use during AF ablation procedure reduces readmissions at 90 days by 12%, driven by a 24% decrease in HF-related admissions. The non-ICE arm showed a significantly higher LOS which offsets marginally higher HAC in the ICE arm.