Contemporary trends in cardiac electrophysiology procedures in the United States, and impact of a global pandemic.
Heart Rhythm O2
; 4(3): 193-199, 2023 Mar.
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en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2245003
ABSTRACT
Background:
There are limited data on trends in nationwide cardiac electrophysiology (EP) procedures in the United States before and during the global COVID-19 pandemic.Objective:
We aimed to understand contemporary EP procedural trends and how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted them.Methods:
Trends were obtained from publicly reported Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data from 2013 to 2020 (latest available). Rates of catheter-based EP procedures (EP studies and ablations) and cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) procedures were analyzed. All procedural rates were calculated per 100,000 Medicare beneficiaries (year specific). Procedure physician subspecialty was also reported.Results:
From 2013 to 2019, annual rate of all cardiac EP procedures increased from 817.91 to 1089.68 per 100,000 beneficiaries. Catheter-based EP procedures increased from 323.73 to 675.01, while CIED rates decreased from 494.18 to 414.67. While all ablation procedures increased over time, relative proportion of ablation procedures being pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) increased (9.9% of ablations in 2013, to 18.2% in 2019). In 2020, rates of both catheter-based EP procedures and CIED procedures decreased; however, PVI share of ablation continued to increase in 2020 comprising 25.2% of ablation procedures.Conclusion:
Rates of EP procedures have increased among Medicare beneficiaries, with catheter-based procedures now eclipsing CIEDs. Additionally, a greater proportion of catheter-based EP procedures are PVI, but they still represent a minority of all ablations. In 2020, rates of EP procedures were attenuated, yet the proportion of PVI ablations increased to over one-fourth of ablation procedures. These data have important implications for the EP workforce.
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MEDLINE
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio experimental
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Inglés
Revista:
Heart Rhythm O2
Año:
2023
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