Characteristics and outcome of wearable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy stratified by gender: Insights from a multicenter international registry

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Cardiology, Angiology, Haemostaseology and Medical Intensive Care, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, European Center for AngioScience (ECAS) and DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK)), Partner Site, Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
• ² Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Bergmannsheil University Hospitals, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
• ³ Department of Cardiology/Division of Clinical Electrophysiology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany.
• ⁴ Department of Arrhythmias & Invasive Cardiology, St. Georg Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
• ⁵ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, University Heart Center, Zurich, Switzerland.
• ⁶ Department of Cardiology Heart Centre Niederrhein Helios Clinic Krefeld Germany, Krefeld, Germany.
• ⁷ School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, University Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany.
• ⁸ University Hospital St. Josef-Hospital Bochum, Cardiology and Rhythmology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
• ⁹ Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
• ¹⁰ Department of Molecular and Experimental Cardiology, Institut für Forschung und Lehre (IFL), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.