TABLE 1

Clinical Characteristics of CHF Subjects

Age (y)	EF	CAD	MI	NYHA class	ICD	Amiodarone	β-Blocker	ACEI or ARB	Event
75	0.35	1vd		3	X	X	X	X
76	0.40	3vd		3	X		X	X
75	0.45		I	3	X		X	X
67	0.12	3vd		3		X		X	SCD
61	0.35	3vd		2				X
67	0.21		A	4	X	X		X	Tx
73	0.34		I	2	X			X
66	0.30		I	4	X	X		X	CHF
77	0.35		A	2			X	X	SCD
67	0.23		A	4			X	X
61	0.36	2vd	A, L	2			X	X
76	0.40	2vd		3			X	X
68	0.29	3vd	I	2	X		X	X

EF = ejection fraction; CAD = coronary artery stenosis of >50% diameter stenosis; MI = electrographic myocardial infarction (I = inferior, A = anterior, L = lateral); NYHA = New York Heart Association; ICD = implanted defibrillator; ACEI or ARB = angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin-receptor blocker; 1vd, 2vd, and 3vd = number of diseased vessels; SCD = new or recurrent ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia; Tx = transplanted; CHF = death from progressive CHF.