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. 2006 Apr 27;93(1):65–71. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.088229

Table 2 Events during follow up.

Overall (n = 65) Symptom‐based diagnosis (n = 48) Non‐symptom‐based diagnosis (n = 17)
Hospitalised for heart failure 22 (34%) 21 (44%) 1 (6%)
Sustained VT 4 (6%) 4 (8%) 0
Syncope 3 (5%) 3 (6%) 0
Permanent atrial fibrillation 6 (9%) 6 (13%) 0
Systemic thromboembolism 3 (5%) 3 (6%) 0
Implantation
 ICD only 6 (9%) 6 (13%) 0
 Biventricular pacemaker only 3 (5%) 3 (6%) 0
 Biventricular pacemaker with ICD 2 (3%) 2 (4%) 0
Heart transplantation 9 (14%) 9 (19%) 0
Cause of death
 Heart failure 3 (5%) 3 (6%) 0
 Sudden death 3 (5%) 3 (6%) 0
 Non‐cardiovascular 1 (2%) 0 (0%) 1 (6%)
Total deaths 7 (11%) 6 (13%) 1 (6%)
Cardiovascular death plus heart transplantation 15 (23%) 15 (31%) 0

HT, heart transplantation; ICD, implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator.