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Cumulative survival free from sustained VA in protected (patients with primary prevention ICD) and unprotected (patients without primary prevention ICD) according to geographic cohort. For protected patients, time 0 is the time of ICD implantation. Shaded areas present 95% confidence intervals. Statistical significance was assessed using log-rank testing.
