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ReviewHerzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie2024

[My patients can go home in the evening after pulmonary vein isolation : Pros and cons].

Burghard Schumacher, Suzanne de Waha, Roland R Tilz

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Review in Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Burghard SchumacherKlinik für Innere Medizin 2, Westpfalz Klinikum GmbH, Kaiserslautern, Deutschland.
Suzanne de WahaKlinik für Rhythmologie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23552, Lübeck, Deutschland.
Roland R TilzKlinik für Rhythmologie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23552, Lübeck, Deutschland. roland.tilz@uksh.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given the background of optimizing financial and personnel resources while aligning with patient needs, the concept of same-day discharge following pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) appears attractive. However, a non-selective approach to different strategies is inappropriate, as is often the case in medicine. A "one size fits all" approach is therefore not advisable for outpatient PVI. Instead, the primary focus should be on identifying which patients can safely and effectively undergo PVI in an outpatient setting and which patients would benefit from inpatient care. Both procedural and patient-specific criteria should be considered in this context. In addition, structural prerequisites must also be met. Ultimately, the decision as to whether outpatient PVI is feasible should remain with the treating physician and the patient.

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Pulmonary VeinsAmbulatory Surgical ProceduresAtrial FibrillationCatheter AblationGermanyHumansPatient DischargeTreatment OutcomeAblationAtrial fibrillationOutpatientPulmonary vein isolationSame-day discharge

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