Population
Baseline characteristics are presented in table 1. In a population of 316 patients, most were of male sex (N=267, 85%), had ischemic cardiomyopathy (N=195, 67%) and a mean age of 63±13 years. Mean LVEF was 34±11%. One hundred twenty-seven (40%) patients were in either NYHA class III or IV and 84 (27%) patients had an ES at presentation. During a mean follow-up of 3 ± 2 years, 117 (37%) patients had VT recurrence and 73 (23%) patients died. All except one death was of cardiovascular origin (one acute biliary pancreatitis was responsible for the only non-cardiovascular death).