SAME-DAY DISCHARGE FOLLOWING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION PROCEDURE

BackgroundComplications following atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation have steadily decreased over the past decade. Following global COVID-19 pandemic, significant pressure was put on electrophysiology labs to reduce their use of hospital beds. We sought determine feasibility as well safety same-day discharge AF procedure.Methods and ResultsBetween April 2020 2022, 134 patients underwent an in our institution were scheduled be discharged same day. Among them, 86.6% (116) went home average 8.1 hours after sheaths pulled. As for remaining 18 patients, majority stayed because procedure finished too late monitoring period complete had no complications requiring overnight stay. Of 5 3 groin bleed, 1 minor pericardial effusion pulmonary edema. All except edema patient next 116 who day, 9.5% (11) came back week ER with either pain (7), shortness breath (1), recurrent arrhythmia (1) or discomfort (3). them safely from day.ConclusionOur data confirms that procedures is both safe feasible confirmed by absence any major single center experience. Some emergency room expected post discomfort, but none required procedure. Complications Methods Between ConclusionOur Our