Ventricular Fibrillation

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Ventricular Fibrillation

Ventricular fibrillation is chaotic, disorganized ventricular activity resulting in no cardiac output. A shockable rhythm — immediate defibrillation is life-saving.

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What is an arrhythmia?An arrhythmia is a problem with the rate or rhythm of your heartbeat. Your heart beats too quickly, too slowly, or with an irregular pattern. Changes in the electrical signals that control your heartbeat cause arrhythmias.When your heart beats faster than normal, it's called tachycardia.When your heart beats too slowly, it's called bradycardia.When the signal to beat comes too early, it's calle…

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Left Ventricular Structural Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Death

NCT01076660

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) poses a significant health care challenge with high annual incidence and low survival rates. Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) prevent SCD in patients with poor heart function. However, the critical…

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MEdical Treatment in Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation Patients

NCT07405229

A person who has experienced a cardiac arrest with no apparent cause is at risk of having recurrent cardiac arrest. Hence an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is recommended on empirical grounds. Today, there is no uniform way o…

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