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Table 2

Patient referrals for implantable cardioverter defibrillators/CRT-Ds by HF physicians

Country ^a	Physicians using HF-radar (cumulative)	Screened patients (cumulative)	Indicated ^b patients (cumulative)	Referred ^c patients (cumulative)	Implanted ^c patients (cumulative)	Indicated/screened (%)	Referred/indicated (%)	Implanted indicated (%)
The Netherlands	57	947	432	235	105	46	54	24
Austria	16	496	233	92	58	47	39	25
UK	35	414	102	39	25	25	38	25
France	143	399	150	136	47	38	91	31
Italy	53	204	81	15	2	40	19	2
Total	304	2460	998	517	237	41	52	24

Country ^a	Physicians using HF-radar (cumulative)	Screened patients (cumulative)	Indicated ^b patients (cumulative)	Referred ^c patients (cumulative)	Implanted ^c patients (cumulative)	Indicated/screened (%)	Referred/indicated (%)	Implanted indicated (%)
The Netherlands	57	947	432	235	105	46	54	24
Austria	16	496	233	92	58	47	39	25
UK	35	414	102	39	25	25	38	25
France	143	399	150	136	47	38	91	31
Italy	53	204	81	15	2	40	19	2
Total	304	2460	998	517	237	41	52	24

^a Only countries with relevant numbers of screened patients are mentioned and used for the statistics.

^b Guidelines used for the screening: Heart Failure ESC Guidelines 2005, ACC/AHA/ESC Sudden Cardiac Death Guidelines 2006, ESC/EHRA Pacemaker/CRT Guidelines 2007.

^c The number of referred and implanted patients can be under-evaluated as they indicate the number of patients reported by physicians through HF-radar. ²⁴

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