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. 2017 Mar 29;2(6):685–688. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2017.0630

Table. All-Cause Mortality in the Individual Trials.

Source (Trial Name) Follow-up, moa All-Cause Mortality, No. With End Point/Total No.
ICD Group Control Group
Bänsch et al, 2002 (CAT) 66.0 (26.4) 13/50 17/54
Kadish et al, 2004 (DEFINITE) 29.0 (14.4) 28/229 40/229
Bardy et al, 2005 (SCD-HeFT) 45.5 (34.8-55.2) 71/424 95/417
Køber et al, 2016 (DANISH) 67.6 (49.0-85.0) 58/234 65/237
All NA 170/937 217/937

Abbreviations: CAT, Cardiomyopathy Trial; DANISH, Danish Study to Assess the Efficacy of ICDs in Patients With Nonischemic Systolic Heart Failure on Mortality; DEFINITE, Defibrillators in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Treatment Evaluation; ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator; NA, not applicable; SCD-HeFT, Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial.

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Presented as mean (SD) in the CAT and DEFINITE trials and median (interquartile range) in the SCD-HeFT and DANISH trials.