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ReviewHerz2022

Safety and feasibility of same-day discharge following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: what is known and what needs to be explored?

Sebastian König, Sergio Richter, Andreas Bollmann, Gerhard Hindricks

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Review in Herz, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Patient perspectives on same-day discharge following catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: results from a patient survey as part of the monocentric FAST AFA trial.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 · 2023
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  3. Same-day discharge after electrophysiological and cardiac implantable electronic device procedures: a clinical consensus statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) and the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions (ACNAP) of the ESC.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 · 2026
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  5. Same-day discharge versus overnight stay after pulmonary vein isolation: an assessment on clinical outcomes and healthcare utilization.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sebastian KönigDepartment of Electrophysiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany. sebastian.koenig@helios-gesundheit.de.
Sergio RichterDepartment of Electrophysiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany.
Andreas BollmannDepartment of Electrophysiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany.
Gerhard HindricksDepartment of Electrophysiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most effective rhythm control strategy and its role in the treatment of AF patients has been strengthened by recent guidelines. An increasing AF prevalence and the resulting demands on interventional electrophysiology call for improved resource allocation through both technical innovations and streamlined workflows and patient pathways. Same-day discharge is already established in the context of other electrophysiological interventions; however, its broad implementation in the practice of AF ablation is pending for several reasons, despite the fact that the body of evidence is growing and the majority of reports propagate early discharge to be feasible and safe under certain conditions. This review article is intended to provide an overview of the existing data, classify these into the specific study context, and to show limitations and open questions.

Indexed as

Atrial FibrillationCatheter AblationPulmonary VeinsFeasibility StudiesHumansPatient DischargeTreatment OutcomeAF ablationAmbulatory procedureInterventional electrophysiologyPeriprocedural complicationsPulmonary vein isolation

Identifiers

PMID35257191

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