Research Article

Electrocardiogram Parameters That Affect the Success Rate of Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients with Outflow Tract Ventricular Premature Complexes

Table 1

Comparison of clinical characteristics in patients with initially successful and failed RFCA ().

Initially success Failure value

Male (%)34 (25.0%)8 (44.4%)0.083
Age (years)0.311
Course (months)12.009.000.451
Presence of symptoms (%)134 (98.5%)17 (94.4%)0.313
History of smoking (%)15 (11.0%)4 (22.2%)0.242
History of drinking (%)7 (5.1%)2 (11.1)0.600
Hypertension (%)32(23.5%)7(38.9%)0.162
Diabetes mellitus (%)9 (6.6%)3 (16.7%)0.150
 LVEF (%)0.297
 LVEDD (millimeter)0.198
 LVESD (millimeter)0.095
 E/E’0.585
 E/A0.262