Table 1.

Studies included in meta-analysis

Study	Publication year	Device type	Randomization	No. patients	Follow-up (months)	% AF	VT rate cutoff (lowest)	Slow VT Rx
MADIT II4	2002	VR-ICD	–	405	20	NR	160 bpma	Yes
SCD HeFT2	2005	VR-ICD	–	808	45.5	NR	NR	No
Sacher et al.14	2006	VR-ICD	–	196	21	NR	170 bpma	Yes
DATAS15	2008	VR-ICD	–	111	15.6	NR	167 bpm	Yes
Kleemann et al.16	2011	VR-ICD	–	596	62.5	NR	167 bpm	Yes
González-Enríquez et al.17	2012	VR-ICD	–	332	12	NR	NR	No
Yang et al.18	2012	VR-ICD	–	136	29	NR	160 bpm	Yes
RIGHT19	2012	VR-ICD	VITALITY 2	507	18.3	NR	150 bpm	Yes
			Medtronic	504	18.3	NR	150 bpm	Yes
Olde Nordkamp et al.20	2012	S-ICD	–	118	18	11	NR	No
Deyell et al.21	2013	VR-ICD	–	354	30	NR	NR	Yes
ECOST22	2013	VR-ICD	Active	161	24.2	NR	150 bpm	Yes
			Conventional	141	24.2	NR	150 bpm	Yes
S-ICD IDE23	2013	S-ICD	–	314	11	15	NR	No
OPTION24	2014	VR-ICD	–	223	23.4	11	170 bpm	Yes
DECREASE25	2015	VR-ICD	Conventional	112	12	NR	171 bpm	Yes
			Progressive	120	12	NR	187 bpm	No
EFFORTLESS26	2015	S-ICD	–	581	21.4	17	NR	No
PainFree SST27	2015	VR-ICD	–	751	24	22	167 bpm	Yes

NR, not reported.

^aAssumed rate, lowest rate reported in manuscript.