Table 5.

MVA events by LGE patterns

	Overall (n = 577)	Absence (n = 430)	L.Midwall (n = 45)	Subepicardial (n = 38)	RV insertion (n = 28)	Transmural (n = 10)	Combinations (n = 11)	P value
Appropriate ICD therapy	29 (5.0%)	11 (2.6%)	8 (17.8%)	6 (15.8%)	2 (7.1%)	1 (10.0%)	1 (9.1%)	0.005
Aborted SCD	13 (2.3%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0%)	2 (5.3%)	2 (7.1%)	0 (0%)	3 (27.3%)	<0.001
SCD	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0%)	1 (2.6%)	1 (3.6%)	0 (0%)	1 (9.1%)	0.004
Composite MVA	46 (8.0%)	18 (4.2%)	9 (20%)	10 (26.3%)	4 (14.3%)	2 (20.0%)	3 (27.3%)	<0.001

Abbreviations: ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator; L.Midwall, lineal midwall; MVA, malignant ventricular arrhythmias; P.Midwall, patchy midwall; RV, right ventricle; SCD, sudden cardiac death; VT, ventricular tachycardia.