Table 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients (n = 190) with premature ventricular contractions originating from the ventricular outflow tract that were included in the current study.

Characteristic	Value
Age, years	49.0 ± 15.3
Sex, male	83 (43.7%)
Hypertension	66 (34.7%)
Diabetes mellitus	30 (15.8%)
LVEDD, mm	47.7 ± 5.5
LVEF, %	65.9 ± 7.3
PVC burden, %	20.4 ± 11.2
AADs
Class I	88 (46.3%)
Class II	22 (11.6%)
Class III	35 (18.4%)
≥2	45 (23.7%)

Data presented as mean ± SD or n of patients (%).

LVEDD, left ventricular diameter at end diastole; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; PVC, premature ventricular contraction; AADs, antiarrhythmic drugs.