Figure Legends
Figure 1. The event specific 30-day complication rates for
patients either discharged the same day (SDD in blue) or observed during
an overnight hospital stay (ONS in orange) following cryoballoon
ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation are displayed. The ONS
and SDD cohorts had similar event specific and overall 30-day
complication rates (p=0.136).
Abbreviations: CHF=chronic heart failure; PNP=phrenic nerve palsy; and
TIA=transient ischemic attack.
Figure 2. One-way sensitivity analysis of yearly cost savings
per 100 cryoballoon ablation procedures as a function of percent of SDD
per year is depicted for the East Coast (blue), West Coast (orange) and
Midwest (grey) hospitals. As the percent of every 100 patients to
undergo cryoballoon ablation for the treatment of AF who are discharged
the same day as the procedure increased the hospital cost savings also
increased.
Table 1. List of patient eligibility criteria for SDD at each
hospital/region.