Table 3.

Patient information.

Patient number (gender/age)	Disease	Indication for WCD	VT/VF in WCD	ICD-implantation	ICD shock	VT/VF prior to WCD use	EF baseline (%)
1 (F/16)	HNOCM	After ICD infection WCD as bridge	No	Yes	No	No	55
2 (F/60)	HOCM	S/P implanted event recorder following multiple syncopes: detection of nsVTs and ICD-indication.	No	Yes	No	Yes	60
		Now: tumor excision → temporarily ICD-implantation not possible
3 (M/49)	HNOCM	CPR (VF)	No	Patient denied		Yes	56.4
4 (F/13)	HNOCM (no genetic mutation found)	Secondary prevention	No	Yes	No	Yes	61
5 (F/49)	ARVC	Diagnostic	No	Yes	No	No	61.5
6 (F/46)	ARVC	CPR (VF)	No	Yes	Yes (inappropriate shock)	Yes	74.4
7 (M/76)	Brugada syndrome (variant of the SCN5A gene)	WCD as bridge for patient decision about ICD; S/P syncope and inducible VT and VF in EPS in 2007	No	Yes	No	No	Unknown
8 (M/61)	Brugada syndrome	Syncope; WCD as bridge until ICD	No	Yes	No	No	60
9 (M/32)	Brugada syndrome	Inducible VF in EPS	No	Yes	Yes (inappropriate shock)	No	56.9
10 (F/40)	Long-QT-syndrome (point mutation in the KCNQ1 gene)	New ADHD medication	No	No		No	60
11 (M/36)	Non-compaction CM	EF ≤35%	No	No		No	15.1
12 (M/50)	Non-compaction CM	Family history of SCD	No	No		No	39.4
13 (F/17)	Non-compaction CM	EF ≤35%	No	Yes	Yes (VT/VF)	No	20
14 (M/51)	Non-compaction CM	EF ≤35% & secondary prevention	No	Yes	No	Yes	27
15 (F/42)	Muscular dystrophy of the limb-girdle type with cardiac involvement	VF after ICD-explantation & EF ≤35%	Yes	Died before implantation		Yes	13
16 (M/38)	Transposition of the great arteries	Suspected shunt defect and reprogramming of the CRT-D	No	N/A	No	No	60
17 (F/28)	Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum	Premature ventricular contractions and short ventricular salvo	No	No		Yes	60
18 (M/39)	Cardiac sarcoidosis	unknown	No	Unknown		No	Unknown