. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2014 Sep 27;7(6):1101–1108. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.001745

Table 2.

Primary and secondary endpoints

	Dilated Cardiomyopathy, LVEF 0–30%, n=24	Dilated Cardiomyopathy, LVEF 31–50%, n=36	Per Person Year	Control Subjects, n=30
All-cause mortality	n=13 (54%)	n=10 (28%)	5.5%	n=1 (3%)
Cardiac death (CD)	n=14 (58%)	n=7 (19%)	5%	0
*Resusciated cardiac arrest (RCA)*	n=3^* (13%)	n=1^*+3 (11%)	1.7%	0
*Arrhythmic death (AD)*	n=4 (17%)	n=6 (17%)	2.4%	0

Out of 7 patients with resuscitated cardiac arrest

4 died later on from arrhythmic death, although an ICD was implanted.