Table 2.
Procedural data
Patient | Surgical approach | Substrate location | N VTs targeted | Mapping time (min) | Radiofrequency ablation time (min) | Cryoablation time (min) | Cryoprobe temperature (oC) | Procedural time (min)† | Acute endpoint(s) achieved |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lateral thoracotomy | Inferolateral LV | 1 | 20 | 0 | 30 | -80 | 240 | Any VT noninducible + exit block |
2 | Lateral thoracotomy | Inferior, inferolateral LV | 1 | 30 | 0 | 80 | -80 | 340 | Exit block |
3 | Median sternotomy | Inferolateral LV | 1 | 15 | 0 | 16 | -80 | 354 | Any VT noninducible + exit block |
4 | Lateral thoracotomy | Inferior, inferolateral LV | 2 | 32 | 5 | 20 | -80 | 436 | Any VT noninducible + exit block |
5 | Lateral thoracotomy | Inferolateral LV | 1 | 12 | 0 | 20 | -80 to -150 | 284 | Any VT noninducible + exit block |
6 | Lateral thoracotomy | LV summit | 1 | 10 | 2 | 15 | -150 | 313 | Clinical VT noninducible |
7 | Median sternotomy | LV summit | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | -140 | 353 | Any VT noninducible + exit block |
8 | Lateral thoracotomy | Inferolateral LV | 2 | 10 | 0 | 44 | -140 | 215 | Any VT noninducible + exit block |
LV = left ventricle; VT = ventricular tachycardia.
Includes total surgical time.