Impact of Age on Hospital Outcomes After Catheter Ablation For Ventricular Tachycardia.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-4-2024

Publication Title

Journal of Arrhythmia

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The real-world data on the safety profile of ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation among elderly patients is not well-established. This study aimed to evaluate the procedural outcomes among those aged 18-64 years versus those aged ≥65 years who underwent catheter ablation of VT.

METHOD: Using the Nationwide Readmissions Database, our study included patients aged ≥18 years who underwent VT catheter ablation between 2017 and 2020. We divided the patients into non-elderly (18-64 years old) and elderly age groups (≥65 years old). We then analyzed the in-hospital procedural outcome and 30-day readmission between these two groups.

RESULTS: Our study included 2075 (49.1%) non-elderly patients and 2153 (50.9%) elderly patients who underwent VT ablation. Post-procedurally, elderly patients had significantly higher rates of prolonged index hospitalization (≥7 days; 35.5% vs. 29.3%,

CONCLUSION: Elderly patients have worse in-hospital outcome, early mortality, non-home discharge, and 30-day readmission following catheter ablation for VT. There was no significant difference between elderly and non-elderly groups in the procedural complications.

Volume

40

Issue

2

First Page

317

Last Page

324

DOI

10.1002/joa3.12998

ISSN

1880-4276

PubMed ID

38586842

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