Resource use and clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation with ablation versus antiarrhythmic drug treatment

Table 2 Average number of visits during the post-blanking 4-month to 12-month follow-up

		AAD Cohort N = 558	Ablation Cohort N = 558	p-value
All-cause inpatient visits	Mean	0.75	0.70	0.0859
All-cause inpatient visits	Std	1.80	1.25	0.0859
Cardiovascular-related inpatient visits	Mean	0.58	0.55	0.3547
Cardiovascular-related inpatient visits	Std	1.38	0.99	0.3547
All-cause outpatient visits	Mean	8.79	7.95	0.2029
All-cause outpatient visits	Std	7.41	6.45	0.2029
Cardiovascular-related outpatient visits	Mean	3.57	1.76	<.0001
Cardiovascular-related outpatient visits	Std	5.09	3.83	<.0001

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