Living with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and an implantable defibrillator

Table 1 Characteristics of 26 interviewed HCM patients with history of ICD

Sex, age	Civic status	Child	Indication	ICD duration	ICD shock	Diagnosis	NYHA
M, 27	Cohabitate	0	primary	4.9	no	9	I
F, 32	Cohabitate	2	primary	2.4	no	17	II
F, 33	Cohabitate	2	secondary	6.3	no	14	I
M, 37	Divorced	1	primary	3.0	no	8	II
M, 42	Married	2	secondary	8.4	inappropriate	9	I
M, 48	Divorced	2	primary	4.8	no	30	I
M,49	Cohabitate	0	secondary	6.9	appropriate	7	II
F, 54	Cohabitate	1	primary	10.9	inappropriate	20	II
M,55	Single	0	secondary	8.0	appropriate	37	IIIB
M, 59	Married	2	primary	3.8	inappropriate	4	I
M, 59	Cohabitate	2	primary	1.0	no	32	IV/I^a
F, 60	Married	3	secondary	10.9	inappropriate	20	I
M, 61	Married	2	primary	8.9	no	18	I
M, 61	Divorced	5	primary	11.3	inappropriate	45	IIIB
M, 63	Married	2	primary	16.6	appropriate	17	I
M, 64	Cohabitate	2	primary	3.0	no	4	I
F, 65	Single	1	primary	5.3	inappropriate	8	I
M, 65	Married	1	primary	5.1	no	42	I
M, 65	Married	2	primary	7.6	no	9	I
M, 67	Married	2	primary	3.2	no	4	II
F, 68	Married	4	primary	7.8	no	7	I
M, 69	Married	1	primary	4.5	no	5	I
M, 72	Divorced	7	secondary	3.5	no	20	II
F, 75	Divorced	0	primary	11.2	inappropriate	15	I
F, 75	Married	1	primary	9.8	inappropriate	14	IIIA
F, 76	Single	2	primary	5.2	no	7	I

M Male, F Female, NYHA New York Heart Association, ICD Implantable cardioverter defibrillator, HCM Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
ICD duration refers to time (years) with an ICD and Diagnosis time (years) since first known diagnosis of HCM
^aheart transplant due to NYHA IV, at the time of interview NYHA I

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