Same-day discharge after atrial fibrillation ablation under a nurse-coordinated standardized protocol.

Teresa Espinosa Anna Farrus Montserrat Venturas Nieto Alba CanoSara Vazquez-CalvoMargarida Pujol-LópezFrida Eulogio-ValenzuelaJean-Baptiste Guichard Pasquale Valerio Falzone Freddy R GraterolXavier FreixaJosé Maria Tolosana Eduard Guasch Andreu Porta-Sánchez Elena Arbelo Josep Brugada Marta Sitges Lluis Mont Ivo Roca Luque Till F Althoff

Published in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2024)

Same-day discharge after AF ablation following a nurse-coordinated standardized protocol is safe and efficient. The concept of ambulatory cardiac intervention nurses functioning as dedicated coordinators may be key in the future transition of hospitals to SDD. Ultrasound-guided femoral puncture virtually eliminated relevant femoral access-site complications in our cohort and should therefore be a prerequisite for SDD.

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