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Given the efficacy of other class III agents, it has been used off\u2010label for the treatment of premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) and ventricular tachycardias (VTs).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy and safety of dofetilide for ventricular arrythmias (VAs).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this retrospective cohort study, 81 patients (59 men; age\u2009=\u200960\u2009\u00b1\u200914 years; LVEF\u2009=\u20090.34\u2009\u00b1\u20090.16) were admitted for dofetilide initiation to treat PVCs (29), VTs (42) or both (10). A\u2009\u2265\u200980% decrease in PVC burden was defined as a satisfactory response. An ICD was present in 72 patients (89%). Another antiarrhythmic was previously used in 50 patients (62%). Prior catheter ablation had been performed in 33 patients (41%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>During intitiation, dofetilide was discontinued in 12 patients (15%) due to QT prolongation (8) and inefficacy to suppress VAs (4). Among the 32 patients with PVCs who successfully started dofetilide, the mean PVC burden decreased from 20\u2009\u00b1\u200910% to 8\u2009\u00b1\u20098% at a median follow\u2010up of 2.6 months (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001). PVC burden was reduced by \u226580% in only 11\/32 patients (34%). During 7\u2009\u00b1\u20091 years of follow\u2010up, 41\/69 patients (59%) continued to have VAs and received appropriate ICD therapies for monomorphic VTs (35) and polymorphic VT\/VF (6) at a median of 8.0 (IQR 2.6\u201333.2) months. Dofetilide had to be discontinued in 50\/69 patients (72%) due to inefficacy or intolerance. The composite outcome of VT\/VF recurrence, heart transplantation, or death occurred in 6\/12 patients (50%) without dofetilide and 49\/69 patients (71%) with dofetilide. The event free survival was similar between patients treated with and without dofetilide (log\u2010rank <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.55).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Treatment with dofetilide was associated with a decrease in PVCs, however clinically significant suppression occurred in a minority of patients. 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