Table 1

Patient characteristics

Patient Sex Age
(years)
Presenting arrhythmia
(CL in ms)
Circumstances LVEF
(%)
AAR before implant AAR after implant
1Male54VT (295 ms)Rest59Amio, flec, mex, sotSot
2Male11VT (260 ms)Exercise39SotSot
3Male54VT (270 ms)Rest42Amio, prop, phen, sotProp, phen, cel
4Male34VT (250 ms)Exercise61AmioSot
5Female19VFExercise71Sot, met
6Male34VFExercise69Sot, amio
7Male30VFExercise63Sot
8Male63VT (280 ms)Exercise62
9Male22VT (270 ms)Exercise72SotSot
  • AAR, antiarrhythmic drugs; amio, amiodarone; cel, celiprolol; CL, cycle length; flec, flecainide; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; met, metoprolol; mex, mexiletine; phen, phenytoin; prop, propafenone; sot, sotalol; VT, ventricular tachycardia; VF, ventricular fibrillation.