Figure 7. Total mortality curve from the AVID (Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators) trial, which was terminated prematurely when data indicated that improvement of total survival was clinically significant in patients who received an ICD when compared with those who received either amiodarone or electrophysiologically guided sotalol. AA = antiarrhythmic drug (amiodarone or sotalol) group.

(Adapted and reproduced with the permission of the publisher and author from: A comparison of antiarrhythmic-drug therapy with implantable defibrillators in patients resuscitated from near-fatal ventricular arrhythmias. The Antiarrhythmic Versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID) Investigators. N Engl J Med 1997 Nov 27;337(22):1576-83, Figure 1.)⁸⁴