Results
A total of 637 patients (pre-COVID n=424, post-COVID n=213) were
studied. The mean age was 65.6 ± 10.1 years in the total cohort, and the
majority were men. There was a significant increase in pre-ablation CT
imaging from pre to post-COVID cohort (74.8 vs. 93.9%,
p=<0.01), with a significant reduction in TEEs (34.6 vs.
3.7%, p=<0.01). One patient in the post-COVID cohort
developed CVE following negative pre-ablation CT. However, the incidence
of peri-procedural CVE between both cohorts remained statistically
unchanged (0 vs. 0.4%, p=0.33).