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Table 5 Peri-procedural complications

From: Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Study (year)

Pericardial effusion

Cerebrovascular events (stroke or TIA)

Groin hematoma

HF exacerbation

Pneumonia

Khan (2008)[31]

1

0

3

1

0

Macdonald (2010)

2 (tamponade required pericardiocentesis)

1

0

3

1

Jones (2013)

1 (tamponade requiring sternotomy)

0

1

1

1

Hunter (2014)[29]

1 (tamponade)

1

0

0

0

Di Biase (2016)[28]

1 (requiring FFP and protamine sulphate)

0

2

0

0

Prabhu et al. 2017[34]

0

0

1 (requiring transfusion)

0

1

Marrouche (2018)[33]

3 (1 required pericardiocentesis)

8

3

1

3

  1. TIA transient ischemic attack, FFP fresh frozen plasma