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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2018 Nov 1;5(1):120–127. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2018.09.010

Table 1.

Demographics summary of the CPVT- and exercise-associated autopsy negative SUDY cohorts.

Overall PKP2 Negative PKP2 Positive
Patients Diagnosed with CPVT (N) 18 13 5
Males/Females 9/9 7/6 2/3
Average Age (years) 19.6 ± 12.8 19.7 ± 14.7 19.4 ± 6.3
Age Range (years) 6 to 58 6 to 58 12 to 28
Average QTc (ms) 417 ± 26 416 ± 23.4 419 ± 35
Ventricular Ectopy 13 (72%) 8 (61.5%) 5 (100%)
Symptomatic 15 (83%) 10 (77%) 5 (100%)
Syncope 13 (72%) 10 (77%) 3 (60%)
Cardiac Arrest 2 (11%) 0 (0%) 2 (40%)
Exertional Trigger 13 (72%) 8 (61.5%) 5 (100%)
Positive Family History of Cardiac Events (syncope, seizures, cardiac arrest, etc.) 5 (28%) 4 (31%) 1 (20%)
Family History of SCD in the Young (< 40 years of age) 2 (11%) 1 (8%) 1 (20%)
Cases of Exercise-Associated SUDY (N) 19 18 1
Males/Females 13/6 12/6 1/0
Average Age (years) 13.9 ± 3.2 13.8 ± 3.2 16
Age Range (years) 6 to 19 6 to 19 16
Exertion Related Death 19 (100%) 18 (100%) 1 (100%)
Previous Personal History of Cardiac Event 4 (21%) 4 (22%) 0 (0%)
Positive Family History of Cardiac Events (syncope, seizures, cardiac arrest, etc.) 4 (21%) 4 (22%) 0 (0%)
Family History of SCD in the Young (< 40 years of age) 1 (5%) 1 (5.5%) 0 (0%)

SUDY= sudden death in the young; CPVT = catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia; SCD=sudden cardiac death