. 2016 Apr 11;11:53. doi: 10.1186/s13019-016-0451-x

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	Patient #1	Patient #2
BASELINE
Age	70	64
Gender	Female	Male
Etiology of Heart Failure	Non-Ischemic	Ischemic
VT Characteristics	Monomorphic at >188 bpm	Monomorphic at 135 bpm
Type of Surgical Ablation	Epicardial Endocardial	Epicardial Endocardial
LVAD	HeartMate II	HeartMate II
LVAD Indication	Destination Therapy	Bridge to Transplant
POST-LVAD
Antiarrhythmic	Amiodarone	Amiodarone Mexiletine
Anticoagulation	Heparin Warfarin^a	Heparin Warfarin^a
Aspirin	81 mg	81 mg
Peak LDH^b	2086 U/L	1368 U/L
Further VT	No	No
Thrombus Confirmed from Explanted LVAD	Yes	Yes

^aInternational normalized ratio goal 2.0-3.0

^bNormal lab value 124–271 U/L

bpm beats per minute, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, LVAD left ventricular assist device, VT ventricular tachycardia