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Heart 90:937-938 doi:10.1136/hrt.2003.013136
  • Scientific letters

Is there a sex bias in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator referral and prescription?

Table 1

 Baseline characteristics of ICD patients with coronary artery disease.

Male (n = 263) Female (n = 34) p Value
Age, ejection fraction, and number of diseased arteries at coronary angiography are presented as mean (SEM).
EPS, electrophysiology study; PP, primary prevention; VF, ventricular fibrillation; VT, ventricular tachycardia.
Age (years) 65 (1) 64 (2) 0.56
Ejection fraction (%) 32 (1) 32 (2) 0.96
Diabetes mellitus (%) 32/243 (13) 6/30 (20) 0.31
Hypertension (%) 57/239 (24) 9/30 (30) 0.68
Number of diseased arteries 2.2 (0.1) 1.6 (0.2) <0.005
Index arrhythmia
VT (%) 180/259 (70) 25/34 (74)
VF (%) 65/259 (25) 8/34 (74) 0.81
PP (%) 14/259 (5) 1/34 (3)
Inducible at EPS (%) 159/169 (94) 23/26 (88) 0.25

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