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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email ICD reduces mortality in survivors of sudden death Subset analysis of 1016 survivors of sudden death or hemodynamically significant ventricular tachycardia entered into the AVID trial. The hazard ratios for death from any cause with the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), compared with amiodarone, were not significantly different for any of the prespecified subgroups. Data from The Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID) Investigators, N Engl J Med 1997; 337:1576.