Baseline characteristics of 708 patients with WCD
In this multicenter study, the male group had an average age of 60.5±14
years old, and the female group of 61.6±17 years old; p=0.44,
respectively. The indication for WCD use was several, table 1 .
In patients who received WCD, 42.7% of males and 26.4% of females
suffered from ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) with LVEF ≤35%; p=0.001. On
the other hand, 55.8% of females and 42.7% of males suffered from
non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM); p=0.009. Other indications for WCD
were myocarditis, device explanation cause of device infection,
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), and channelopathies with a similar
frequency in both genders.