Abstract 17901: Women, Depression & Chronic Kidney Disease Are Associated With Higher Readmissions Following Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Introduction: There is lack of data in identifying factors associated with readmissions following pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) from community hospitals. Hypothesis: We examined the hypothesis that women and comorbidities are associated with higher 30 and 90 days readmissions following PVI. Methods: We examined electronic health records of all adult patients (≥ 18 years) who underwent first PVI at a community hospital in Fargo, North Dakota between January 1, 2013 and January 1, 2016. Primary outcome variable was all cause readmissions. We used univariate and multivariate logistic regression model to estimate the associations between demographics, comorbidities, CHADS2 scores, and hospital readmissions. Significant variables on univariate analysis with P values < 0.1 were introduced into multivariate logistic regression model, in which P values <0.05 were considered significant. Results: A total of 476 patients met the inclusion criteria, 153 (32%) women, mean age was 61.9 years (SEM ± 0.52) and 457 (96%...