ICD therapy provided a non-statistically significant reduction in all-cause and arrhythmic mortality compared to amiodarone.
A 20% relative risk reduction occurred in all-cause mortality and a 33% reduction occurred in arrhythmic mortality with ICD therapy compared with amiodarone; this reduction did not reach statistical significance.
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