Table 1.

Study Characteristics of ICD Patients With and Without AF

Study	Year	Follow Up (m)	Total Patients	Patient With AF	Patients With NSR	Age (y)	Male (%)	ICD Indication	LVEF (%)	AA in AF (%)	AA in NSR (%)	NYHA in AF	NYHA in NSR	Quality Assessmenta
Madhavan et al8	2016	40	253	115	138	68.3	NS	PP	32	···	···	<3: 85b, ≥3: 15		Good
Grönefeld et al9	2000	20	229	38	191	64	82	Unspecified	37	21	13	NS	NS	Good
Rienstra et al10	2007	31	290	83	207	63	81	PP/SP	29	45	36	<3: 84, ≥3: 16	<3: 90, ≥3: 10	Good
Borleffs et al11	2010	28	913	250	663	67	79	PP/SP	32	24	10	<3: 55, ≥3: 45	<3: 66, ≥3: 34	Good
Deneke et al12	2004	9.5	359	68	291	62.8	81	PP/SP	39	37.3	24.8	<3: 81, ≥3: 29	<3: 83, ≥3: 17	Good
van Gelder et al4	2011	31	537	133	404	71	79	PP	28	20	11	NS	NS	Good
Köbe et al13	2013	14	3261	607	2654	70.9	82	PP/SP	31	17.2	14.7	<3: 78, ≥3: 22	<3: 84, ≥3: 16	Good
Smit et al14	2006	8	80	29	51	63	79	PP	24	24	18	<3: 55, ≥3: 45	<3: 51, ≥3: 39	Good
Zareba et al15	2006	20	655	61	594	65	NS	Unspecified	···	14	5	2 to 4:73	2 to 4: 63	Good
van Rees et al16	2011	60	1544	355	1189	61	79	PP/SP	35	20b	···	<3: 67b, ≥3: 33		Good
Bunch et al17	2009	12	1530	174	1356	68.7	81	Unspecified	···	27	7.2	<3: 71, ≥3: 29	<3: 76, ≥3: 24	Good
Kraaier et al18	2013	41	647	183	464	64	81	Unspecified	···	···	···	NS	NS	···
Ryan et al19	2001	24	321	92	229	65	NS	Unspecified	···	···	···	NS	NS	···
Marijon et al20	2010	22	1030	277	753	63	89	PP/SP	36	54b	···	NS	NS	Good
Schernthaner et al21	2007	24.5	77	32	45	66	NS	PP/SP	34	13b	···	<3: 65b, ≥3: 35		Good
Desai et al6	2010	40	549	70	479	74	NS	PP	29	32b	···	2 to 3: 69b, 4: 31		Good
Schefer et al22	2008	51	157	22	135	53	78	PP/SP	40	45b	···	<3: 74b, ≥3: 26		Good
Yang et al23	2012	29	148	20	128	53	86	PP/SP	51	···	···	NS	NS	Good
Stein et al5	2009	11.4	1655	433	1222	64.4	83	PP	···	46b	···	<3: 69b, ≥3: 31		Good
Smith et al24	2011	31	427	112	315	58	79	PP	27	46b	···	<3: 82b, ≥3: 18		Good
Kraaier et al25	2013	12	861	207	654	62.7	79	PP	25	···	···	NS	NS	Good
Hess et al26	2014	34.8	47 282	12 834	34 448	67	NS	PP	25	···	···	<3: 63b, ≥3: 37		Good
Caputo et al27	2016	46	156	78	78	65	NS	SP	39	27b	···	NS	NS	Good

AA indicates antiarrhythmic; AF, atrial fibrillation; ICD, implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; Med, goal‐directed medical therapy; NS, not specified; NSR, normal sinus rhythm; PP, primary prevention; SP, secondary prevention.

^aNewcastle‐Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale: poor <4, fair 5 to 6, good >7.

^bAll patients.