Outcome of catheter ablation of non-reentrant ventricular arrhythmias in patients with and without structural heart disease

Table 1 Patient characteristics

	Total (n = 266)	SHD (n = 109)	No SHD (n = 157)	p value (SHD vs. no SHD)
Male gender	157 (59)	88 (80.7)	69 (44.0)	< 0.001*
Age, years	53.7 ± 16.4	59.1 ± 14.7	49.9 ± 16.5	< 0.001*
Body mass index, kg/m²	26.6 ± 4.8	27.1 ± 4.3	26.3 ± 5.1	0.139
LVEF, %	56 ± 10	49 ± 11	60 ± 6	< 0.001*
ICD	30 (11.3)	28 (25.7)	2 (1.3)	< 0.001*
Hypertension	122 (45.9)	68 (62.4)	54 (34.4)	< 0.001*
Diabetes	19 (7.1)	13 (11.9)	6 (3.8)	0.015*
Arrhythmias
VT	31 (11.7)	21 (19.3)	10 (6.4)	0.002*
VT + PVC	42 (15.8)	20 (18.3)	22 (14.0)	0.396
PVC	193 (72.6)	68 (62.4)	125 (79.6)	0.003*
Acute success	246 (92.5)	98 (89.9)	148 (94.3)	0.238

LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, ICD implantable cardioverter–defibrillator, PVC premature ventricular contraction, SHD structural heart disease, VT ventricular tachycardia
Values are n (%) or mean ± standard deviation. *p <0.05 was considered statistically significant

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