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Figure 2 Clinical causes of mortality. Cardiac deaths are divided into sudden cardiac deaths and nonsudden cardiac deaths based on the modified CAST system. EGM signifies the presence of stored electrograms within 1 h of the clinically determined time of death. Wide denotes wide signals on the terminal EGM, >158 ms. Narrow denotes terminal EGM signals >158 ms.