Table 3. All-cause mortality during the 52 and 104 week follow-up periods.

	VT+C	C-alone
Arrhythmic event	1	0
Bradycardia	1	0
Lung cancer	0	2
Non ST segment Myocardial Infarction	2	4
Respiratory failure/COPD	2	0
Stroke	0	1
Total deaths ≤ 12 months	6	7
Charleston: age unadjusted (mean ± SD)	3.29 ± 2.43	2.43 ± 1.62
Charleston: age adjusted (mean ± SD)	5.14 + 2.61	3.86 ± 2.12
Lung cancer	1	2
Respiratory failure/COPD	1	2
Peripheral vascular disease	2	1
Total deaths between >12 and ≤ 24 months	4	5
Charleston: age unadjusted (mean ± SD)	4.25 ± 3.20	4.40 ± 4.28
Charleston: age adjusted (mean ± SD)	5.50 + 3.70	5.80 ± 4.44

Number of events per arm; total sample size in each arm n = 196