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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Rhythm. 2008 Apr 12;5(7):981–991. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.03.062

Table 3.

Isthmus Parameters

Parameter Nonsus. Reentrant VT Sus. Reentrant VT Nonmappable VT
SR discontinuity- perimeter (ms) 32.83±9.51 22.78±1.83 23.42±5.95
Isthmus surface area (cm2) 4.75± 1.06* 10.04± 1.09* 4.11± 0.41*
Width of entrance/exit (mm) 7.04±1.52** 9.30±0.75** --
# entrance+exit points 2.00±0.00 2.71±0.19 --
SR discontinuity-entrance/exit (ms) 16.25± 3.48** 10.11±1.02** 10.75±2.78
Primary Path gradient (mm/ms) 0.22±0.06 0.32±0.02 0.33±0.03
Primary Path r2 0.95±0.01 0.96±0.01 0.93±0.03

SR = sinus rhythm; ms = milliseconds; mm = millimeters, Nonsus = nonsustained, Sus = sustained

*

p < 0.05, One-Way ANOVA

**

p < 0.05, unpaired t-test