ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2015
Demographic Differences in Catheter Ablation After Hospital Presentation With Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation.
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- Effects of Ablation Versus Drug Therapy on Quality of Life by Sex in Atrial Fibrillation: Results From the CABANA Trial.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Trial
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Utilization and Outcomes of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter: a State-of-the-Art Review.Current cardiology reports · 2026Review
- Real-world data of sex differences in atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: Insights from a prospective multicenter registry.Heart rhythm O2 · 2026Article
- Patient Characteristics and Utilization Patterns of Ambulatory Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in the United States.JACC. Advances · 2026Article
- Socioeconomic status does not influence quality of life and mood outcomes after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: A call for equitable access.Heart rhythm O2 · 2026Article
- Racial Differences in Length of Stay After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE · 2025Article
- Sex disparity in referral for catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2024Article
- Relationship Between Social Deprivation and Access to Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Population-Level Study.JACC. Advances · 2024Article
- Global Health Inequities in Electrophysiology Care: A State-of-the-Art Review.JACC. Advances · 2024Review
- Inflammation Burden and Atrial Fibrillation Burden: A Bidirectional Relationship.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2024Article
- Racial/ethnic and sex differences in safety outcomes and atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter-related acute healthcare utilization after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.Heart rhythm O2 · 2023Article
- One-year outcomes of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in young patients.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2023Article
- Race and Ethnic and Sex Differences in Rhythm Control Treatment of Incident Atrial Fibrillation.ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR · 2023Article
- Sex and racial disparities in catheter ablation.Heart rhythm O2 · 2022Review
- Healthcare utilization and costs associated with a diagnosis of incident atrial fibrillation.Heart rhythm O2 · 2022Article
- Racial Disparity in Referral for Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation at a Single Integrated Health System.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- Association of Neighborhood-Level Material Deprivation With Atrial Fibrillation Care in a Single-Payer Health Care System: A Population-Based Cohort Study.Circulation · 2022Article
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- Temporary Trends Concerning the Extent and Efficacy of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Using Radiofrequency Energy in a Polish Single-Center Experience.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundCatheter ablation is increasingly used for rhythm control in symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF), but the demographic characteristics of patients undergoing this procedure are unclear. METHODS AND
resultsWe used data on all admissions at nonfederal acute care hospitals in California, Florida, and New York to identify patients discharged with a primary diagnosis of AF between 2006 and 2011. Our primary outcome was readmission for catheter ablation of AF, identified using validated International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification procedure codes. Cox regression models were used to assess relationships between demographic characteristics and catheter ablation, adjusting for Elixhauser comorbidities. We identified 397 612 eligible patients. Of these, 16 717 (4.20%, 95% CI 0.41 to 0.43) underwent ablation. These patients were significantly younger, more often male, more often white, and more often privately insured, with higher household incomes and lower rates of medical comorbidity. In Cox regression models, the likelihood of ablation was lower in women than men (hazard ratio [HR] 0.83; 95% CI 0.80 to 0.86) despite higher rates of AF-related rehospitalization (HR 1.23; 95% CI 1.21 to 1.24). Compared to whites, the likelihood of ablation was lower in Hispanics (HR 0.60; 95% CI 0.56 to 0.64) and blacks (HR 0.68; 95% CI 0.64 to 0.73), even though blacks had only a slightly lower likelihood of AF-related rehospitalization (HR 0.97; 95% CI 0.94 to 0.99) and a higher likelihood of all-cause hospitalization (HR 1.38; 95% CI 1.37 to 1.39). Essentially the same pattern existed in Hispanics.
conclusionsWe found differences in use of catheter ablation for symptomatic AF according to sex and race despite adjustment for available data on demographic characteristics and medical comorbidities.
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