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Table 1 Differences in baseline patient characteristics and VAs electrocardiographic morphologies

From: Unique electrocardiographic pattern “w” wave in lead I of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias arising from the distal great cardiac vein

Characteristic

GCV group (n = 15)

LCC group (n = 15)

Subvalvular region group (n = 9)

P value*

P value#

Male, n (%)

14(93%)

13(87%)

8(89%)

  

Age (years)

51 ± 23

48 ± 21

50 ± 14

0.71

0.81

VAs burden (%)

23 ± 6

20 ± 6

23 ± 5

0.13

0.85

LVEF (%)

64.8 ± 4.3

63.2 ± 4.8

62.0 ± 5.1

0.34

0.17

Structural heart disease (%)

0

0

0

  

Limb leads

 R-wave amplitude in lead II (mV)

1.45 ± 0.46

2.04 ± 0.36

2.28 ± 0.20

< 0.05

< 0.05

 R-wave amplitude in lead III(mV)

1.74 ± 0.53

2.22 ± 0.29

2.72 ± 0.30

< 0.05

< 0.05

 III/II R-wave amplitude ratio

1.21 ± 0.12

1.11 ± 0.09

1.19 ± 0.07

0.06

0.65

 Q-wave amplitude in lead aVR(mV)

0.65 ± 0.22

1.26 ± 0.23

0.97 ± 0.10

< 0.05

< 0.05

 Q-wave amplitude in lead aVL(mV)

1.05 ± 0.31

1.32 ± 0.12

1.58 ± 0.19

< 0.05

< 0.05

 aVL/aVR Q-wave amplitude ratio

1.72 ± 0.39

1.51 ± 0.2

1.67 ± 0.43

0.07

0.77

Duration (ms)

 QRS duration

172 ± 19

148 ± 5

152 ± 6

< 0.05

< 0.05

 IDT

110 ± 16

96 ± 9

93 ± 8

< 0.05

< 0.05

 Delta wave (ms)

52 ± 11

46 ± 7

48 ± 8

0.86

0.16

 MDI

0.64 ± 0.05

0.60 ± 0.04

0.61 ± 0.02

< 0.05

< 0.05

  1. VAs ventricular arrhythmias, GCV great cardiac vein, LCC left coronary cusp, IDT intrinsicoid deflection time, MDI maximum deflection index. *Comparison between GCV and LCC group, #Comparison between GCV and Subvalvular region group