Population
Baseline characteristics are presented in table 1. In a population of
316 patients, most were of male sex (N=267, 85%), had ischemic
cardiomyopathy (N=195, 67%) and a mean age of 63±13 years. Mean LVEF
was 34±11%. One hundred twenty-seven (40%) patients were in either
NYHA class III or IV and 84 (27%) patients had an ES at presentation.
During a mean follow-up of 3 ± 2 years, 117 (37%) patients had VT
recurrence and 73 (23%) patients died. All except one death was of
cardiovascular origin (one acute biliary pancreatitis was responsible
for the only non-cardiovascular death).