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Table 2 Underlying cardiac disease by type of ICD

From: Seven years of use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapies: a nationwide population-based assessment of their effectiveness in real clinical settings

Underlying cardiac disease, n (%)

Type of ICD

ICD

CRT-D

Cardiomyopathy

172

(22.6)

202

(65.2)

Chagas’ heart disease

274

(36.1)

38

(12.3)

Congenital heart disease

45

(5.9)

0

(0.0)

Ischemic heart disease

191

(25.1)

61

(19.7)

Other causes (myocarditis, valvular heart disease, hypertensive heart disease)

78

(10.26)

9

(2.9)

Total

760

(100)

310

(100)