TRENDS IN ACUTE POST-ABLATION PERICARDITIS AND RELATED HEALTHCARE BURDEN IN SYMPTOMATIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION HOSPITALIZATIONS: INSIGHTS FROM THE NATIONAL INPATIENT SAMPLE (2009-2014)

Catheter ablation for symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) is often complicated by post-ablation acute pericarditis (PAP). We aimed to look at the trends in PAP and related healthcare resource utilization using the National Inpatient Sample (NIS). The NIS databases (2009-2014) were queried to