ICD lead ’cephalic’ ICD lead ’non-cephalic’ p-value
N= 465 (73.7%) 166 (26.3%) <0.001
Male 382 (82.2%) 130 (78.3%) 0.28
Age 69.7 ± 11.5 68.7 ± 11.9 0.33
Number of leads 2.8 ± 0.32 2.6 ± 0.64 <0.001
BMI 27.7 ± 5.1 27.1 ± 5.7 0.33
Ischaemic cardiomyopathy 347 (74.6%) 123 (74.1%) 0.89
IHD 338 (72.7%) 118 (71.1%) 0.69
Diabetes 117 (25.2%) 49 (29.5%) 0.27
CKD 77 (16.6%) 16 (9.6%) 0.031
Hypertension 255 (54.8%) 91 (54.8%) 0.997
Atrial fibrillation 170 (36.6%) 52 (31.3%) 0.23
LVEF (%) 29.1 ± 13.2 28.3 ± 8.6 0.42
Procedure (minutes) 120.6 ± 46.6 143.9 ± 44.8 <0.0001
RV lead failure 9 (1.94%) 1 (0.6%) 0.24
Lead follow-up (days) to failure, death or study end 1788 ± 914.4 1574 ± 744.3 0.0031
Left sided implant 448 (96.3%) 161 (97%) 0.7
Primary prevention 424 (91.2%) 156 (94%) 0.26