Florian Doldi, Nele Geßler, Omar Anwar, Ann-Kathrin Kahle, Katharina Scherschel, Benjamin Rath, Julia Köbe, Philipp Sebastian Lange, Gerrit Frommeyer, Andreas Metzner, Christian Meyer, Stephan Willems, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Lars Eckardt
OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND: Data on incidence of in-hospital pulmonary embolisms (PE) after catheter ablation (CA) are scarce. To gain further insights, we sought to provide new findings through case-based analyses of administrative data. METHODS: Incidences of PE after CA of supraventricular tachycardias (SVT), atrial fibrillation (AF), atrial flutter (AFlu), and ventricular tachycardias (VT) in three German tertiary centers between 2005 and 2020 were determined and coded by the G-DRG (German Diagnosis Related Groups System) and OPS (German Operation and Procedure Classification) systems...
March 31, 2024: Thrombosis and Haemostasis