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Figure 3 Appropriate Shocks Outnumber Control Arrhythmic Mortality in 6 of 7 Trials
AMIOVIRT = Amiodarone Versus Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Trial; AVID = Antiarrhythmics versus Implantable Defibrillators trial; DEFINITE = Defibrillators in Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Treatment Evaluation trial; DINAMIT = Defibrillators in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial; ICD = implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; MADIT II = Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II; MUSTT = Multicenter Unsustained Ventricular Tachycardia Trial; SCD-HeFT = Sudden Cardiac Death Heart Failure Trial. Adapted from Germano et al. (28).
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