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Table 3 Death and Hospitalization rates per 100 patient-years (95%CI) by cause and device type

From: Arrhythmic episodes in patients implanted with a cardioverter-defibrillator – results from the Prospective Study on Predictive Quality with Preferencing PainFree ATP therapies (4P)

 

SC-ICD

DC-ICD

CRT-D

Overall

Death

2.6 (0.8–8.3)

3.5 (1.3–9.4)

5.3 (3.0–9.4)

4.2 (2.6–6.6)

Any hospitalization

16.0 (10.1–25.4)

36.1* (26.6–49.1)

28.3 (22.2–36.2)

27.2 (22.8–32.5)

Non-cardiac hospitalization

7.1 (3.6–14.2)

17.6 † (11.4–27.3)

14.2 †† (10.0–20.0)

13.3 (10.3–17.1)

Cardiac hospitalization

8.9 (4.8–16.5)

18.5 ** (12.1–28.4)

14.2 (10.0–20.0)

13.9 (10.9–17.8)

Hospitalization for arrhythmia

1.8 (0.4–7.1)

7.0 # (3.5–14.1)

5.8 ## (3.3–9.9)

5.1 (3.4–7.7)

Ventricular pacing %

6.9 (0–29.2)

11.3 (0–41.1)

96.8 (92.8–100.0)

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  1. Mean values with corresponding standard deviation between parenthesis
  2. * p = 0.010 vs. SC-ICD
  3. p = 0.03 vs. SC-ICD; †† p = 0.045 vs. SC-ICD
  4. ** p = 0.04 vs. SC-ICD
  5. # p = 0.017 vs. SC-ICD; ## p = 0.043 vs. SC-ICD