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. 2026 Feb 19;69(6):1333–1344. doi: 10.1007/s10840-026-02252-7

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