Table 2.
Primary and safety outcomes of study groups
| Primary Outcomes- Freedom from PVC | |||
| Region / Earliest Site |
Sandwich Ablation Group |
Conventional Ablation Group |
p -value |
| RVOT | 100.0% (25/25) | 82.1% (23/28) | 0.052 |
| LVOT (total) | 93.3% (56/60) | 76.8% (43/56) | 0.017 |
| •Aortic cusps | 95.5% (21/22) | 85.7% (18/21) | 0.344 |
| • LV summit, | 91.7% (22/24) | 65.2% (15/23) | 0.036 |
| • Subvalvular LVOT | 92.9% (13/14) | 83.3% (10/12) | 0.583 |
| Others (Parahisian, Crux) | 91.7% (11/12) | 76.9% (10/13) | 0.593 |
| Total | 94.8% (92/97) | 78.4% (76/97) | 0.001 |
| Safety Outcomes- Complications | |||
| Complication |
Sandwich Ablation Group |
Conventional Ablation Group | p -value |
| Pericardial tamponade | 1 (1.0%) | 1 (1.0%) | 1.0 |
| Coronary artery injury | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1.0 |
| Steam pop | 2 (2.1%) | 1 (1.0%) | 1.0 |
| High-grade AV block | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1.0 |
| Vascular complication | 3 (3.1%) | 2 (2.1%) | 1.0 |
| Procedure-related death | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1.0 |
| Total complications | 5 (5.1%) | 3 (3.1%) | 0.718 |
PVC = premature ventricular complex. Freedom from PVC was defined as absence of clinical recurrence or burden > 1% at 6-month follow-up based on ECG or Holter monitoring