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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Rhythm. 2015 May 30;12(9):1997–2007. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.05.036

TABLE 1.

Patient characteristics by VT recurrence and mortality

VT Recurrence within 12 Months Transplant/Death within 12 Months

N (%) or median (Q1-Q3) Yes
(N=536)
No
(N=1525)
p value Yes
(N=273)
No
(N=1788)
p value

Age (y) 65.0 (55.0-72.0) 64.0 (54.0-72.0) 0.341 66.0 (59.0-74.0) 64.0 (54.0-72.0) <0.001
Female 81 (15.1) 185 (12.1) 0.083 35 (12.8) 230 (12.9) 1
ICM 257 (47.9) 838 (55.0) 0.006 147 (53.8) 948 (53.0) 0.850
EF Pre-Ablation 28.0 (20.0-40.0) 35.0 (25.0-45.0) <0.001 24.0 (20.0-30.0) 35.0 (25.0-45.0) <0.001
NYHA <0.001 <0.001
  I 92 (18.8) 466 (32.5) 23 (8.9) 535 (32.1)
  II 193 (39.5) 525 (36.6) 71 (27.6) 647 (38.8)
  III 164 (33.5) 372 (25.9) 113 (44.0) 423 (25.4)
  IV 40 (8.2) 71 (5.0) 50 (19.5) 61 (3.7)
ICD 487 (92.8) 1251 (84.2) <0.001 250 (94.7) 1488 (85.2) <0.001
CRT 165 (31.4) 348 (23.4) <0.001 107 (40.5) 406 (23.3) <0.001
Electrical Storm 220 (43.8) 464 (32.3) <0.001 147 (57.4) 537 (31.9) <0.001
ICD Shocks 344 (72.7) 869 (62.7) <0.001 176 (76.2) 1037 (63.7) <0.001
Hypertension 285 (58.8) 753 (56.4) 0.407 140 (58.6) 898 (56.8) 0.662
Atrial Fibrillation 163 (33.5) 394 (28.7) 0.052 97 (39.3) 460 (28.5) 0.004
Diabetes Mellitus 128 (24.4) 305 (20.6) 0.073 92 (35.4) 341 (19.5) <0.001
Chronic Kidney Disease 169 (31.7) 436 (28.7) 0.213 126 (46.5) 479 (26.9) <0.001
Baseline Creatinine 1.1 (0.9-1.5) 1.1 (0.9-1.4) 0.199 1.3 (1.0-1.7) 1.1 (0.9-1.3) <0.001
Beta-Blocker 433 (81.5) 1173 (78.3) 0.123 226 (83.7) 1380 (78.4) 0.056
Amiodarone 283 (59.1) 737 (54.0) 0.061 172 (71.1) 848 (52.9) <0.001
≥2 AAD 110 (23.0) 228 (16.7) 0.003 66 (27.3) 272 (17.0) <0.001
Prior VT Ablations 0.0 (0.0-1.0) 0.0 (0.0-1.0) 0.019 0.0 (0.0-1.0) 0.00 (0.0-1.0) 0.001
  Min-Max 0.0-7.0 0.0-10.0 0.0-6.0 0.0-10.0