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. 2020 Sep 30;6(3):1–6. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.4414

Table. Clinical Characteristics and Procedural Data.

Characteristic Patient No.
1 2 3 4
Clinical characteristics
Sex Male Male Male Male
Diabetes No No No No
Hypertension Yes No Yes No
Type of cardiomyopathy Ischemic Nonischemic Ischemic Ischemic
Left ventricular ejection fraction, % 40 35 15 35
Chronic kidney disease No No Yes No
New York Heart Association class II II III I
Clinical presentation VT storm Nonsustained VT VT storm VT storm
Amiodarone Yes Yes Yes Yes
≥2 Antiarrhythmic drugs Yes Yes Yes Yes
Baseline
Rhythm AF Sinus AF Sinus
Conduction Complete heart block First atrioventricular delay, intraventricular conduction delay Intraventricular conduction delay Normal
Procedural data
International normalized ratio (day of the procedure) 3 2.1 2.3 3.2
Time to obtain left ventricular access, min 60 35 28 22
Balloon size for ISP-LV dilatation, mm 8 8 10 8
Size of residual Gerbode defect on intracardiac echocardiography, mm 4 3 5 4
No. of VTs induced 3 2 6 3
TCL, ms
Fastest 350 340 380 270
Slowest 460 390 570 350
Noninducibility of any VT at programmed electrical stimulation Yes Yes Noa Yes

Abbreviations: ISP-LV, inferior-septal process of the left ventricle; VT, ventricular tachycardia.

a

Two nonclinical hemodynamically unstable VTs remained inducible and were not targeted.