Table 2.
Antiarrhythmic medications
Subject number | Age, years | Pre-ablation VPC frequency VPC/24 h | Post-ablation VPC frequency VPC/24 h | Antiarrhythmic drugs used prior to ablation | Antiarrhythmic drugs used after ablation | Duration of antiarrhythmic drugs after ablation (months) | Follow-up (months) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 52 | 14,524 | 4,658 | Amiodarone and metoprolol | Amiodarone | 7 | 53 |
2 | 8 | 12,457 | 9,854 | Amiodarone | Amiodarone | 7 | 45 |
3 | 48 | 9,586 | 3,567 | Amiodarone and metoprolol | Amiodarone | 8 | 44 |
4 | 44 | 25,463 | 11,287 | Amiodarone | Amiodarone | 6 | 38 |
5 | 58 | 4,502 | 2,146 | Amiodarone and metoprolol | Amiodarone | 7 | 37 |
6 | 32 | 3,589 | 118 | Amiodarone and metoprolol | Amiodarone | 7 | 33 |
7 | 56 | 12,456 | 5,478 | Amiodarone and metoprolol | Amiodarone | 7 | 34 |
8 | 49 | 9,845 | 2,458 | Amiodarone | Amiodarone | 6 | 28 |
9 | 60 | 2,589 | 452 | Amiodarone | Amiodarone | 6 | 24 |
10 | 48 | 11,244 | 245 | Amiodarone and metoprolol | Amiodarone | 6 | 16 |
11 | 33 | 8,574 | 1,142 | Amiodarone | Amiodarone | 6 | 13 |
12 | 36 | 1,554 | 1,283 | Amiodarone | Amiodarone | 7 | 11 |
13 | 20 | 15,789 | 8,457 | Amiodarone and metoprolol | Amiodarone | 6 | 7 |
14 | 34 | 1,145 | 1,352 | Amiodarone and metoprolol | Amiodarone | 6 | 6 |
15 | 39 | 8,569 | 3,478 | Amiodarone | Amiodarone | 3 | 3 |
VPC ventricular premature complexes