title: Response to letter regarding article, "syncope in high-risk cardiomyopathy patients with implantable defibrillators: frequency, risk factors, mechanisms, and association with mortality: results from the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Reduce Inappropriate Therapy (MADIT-RIT) study".
authors.affiliation: Heart Research Follow-Up Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NYDepartment of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark.
authors.forename: Martin H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ruwald
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hirosaki University Hospital, Hirosaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Tsukuba University Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazutaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aonuma
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Morio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shoda
authors.affiliation: Heart Research Follow-up Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kutyifa
authors.affiliation: Heart Research Follow-up Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark.
authors.forename: Anne-Christine
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ruwald
authors.affiliation: Heart Research Follow-up Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McNitt
authors.affiliation: Heart Research Follow-up Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zareba
authors.affiliation: Heart Research Follow-up Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
authors.forename: Arthur J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Moss
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013575:Syncope / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*