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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 18.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2022 Mar 30;172:40–47. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.02.032

Table 3.

In-hospital outcomes in patients with recurrence of electrical storm, recurrence of VT/VF or no recurrence

No recurrence (n=34) VT/VF recurrence (n=15) Electrical storm recurrence (n=12) P Value

Death 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3 (25%) 0.002
Percutaneous ventricular mechanical support or death 1 (3%) 1 (6%) 7 (58%) <0.001
Invasive mechanical ventilation or death 2 (6%) 2 (13%) 10 (83%) <0.001
Sympathectomy or death 1 (3%) 2 (13%) 5 (42%) 0.003
Catheter ablation or death 12 (35%) 7 (47%) 12 (100%) 0.016
Heart transplantation or death 0 (0%) 2 (13%) 3 (25%) 0.018

VF = ventricular fibrillation; VT = ventricular tachycardia.