Table 2

ECG characteristics during sinus rhythm and during ventricular ectopy

CharacteristicIRVA (n=41)ARVD (n=15)p Value
ARVD, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; IRVA, idiopathic right ventricular arrhythmia; LBBB, left bundle branch block; RBBB, right bundle branch block; VT, ventricular tachycardia.
During sinus rhythm
Epsilon wave02 (14%)NS
RBBB1 (2.5%)5 (33%)0.0006
Negative precordial T wave (other than lead I)9 (23%)13 (87%)<0.0001
During VT (all LBBB)
Inferior axis37 (90%)7 (48%)0.0016
Intermediate axis2 (5%)4 (27%)0.0016
Left/superior axis2 (5%)3 (20%)