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Ventricular fibrillation
Ventricular fibrillation is a condition where there is an uncoordinated electrical stimulation to the ventricles of the heart, causing the muscles to contract individually rather than together as a group response. The heart is unable to pump blood in this condition.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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Baby 0-2 | Rare | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | Rare | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | |||||
Young adult 19-40 | |||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
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How long does ventricular fibrillation last?
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What are the tests for ventricular fibrillation?
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What are the symptoms of ventricular fibrillation?
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What kind of ventricular fibrillation is not dangerous?
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What causes a person to have ventricular fibrillation vfib?
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What is the definition or description of: Ventricular fibrillation?
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How can someone know if they are experiencing ventricular fibrillation?
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What is the disease where ventricular fibrillation happens all the time or a lot of the time?
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Ventricular fibrillation fatal?
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Is there a cure for ventricular fibrillation?
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Is there a P wave in ventricular fibrillation?
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How come there is no P wave in ventricular fibrillation?
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What causes a person to sweat when they have ventricular fibrillation?
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What type of ventricular fibrillation is not dangerous or life-threatening?
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Can you tell me why hypoxia typically causes bradydysrhythmias rather than ventricular fibrillation?
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Whats your pulse in ventricular fibrillation?
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How do class 1b antiarrhythmic drugs help in treating ventricular fibrillation?
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Atrial fibrillation versus ventricular fibrillation. Causes and cures?
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Help plz! Can severe hypoxia cause bradydysrhythmias more often than ventricular fibrillation and why?
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A 24-year old male asked about a 81-year old male:
What is the difference between ventricular fibrillation and ventricular re-entrant tachycardia? And which is more severe?
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A 24-year old male asked:
When should u worry about escape rhytms and ventricular fibrillation due to overactive parasympathic nervous system? And heartblock?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Rest hr has become much lower(45)but it is nothing wrong with my heart. When should you worry about ventricular fibrillation or other scape ryhtms?
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A 32-year old male asked:
I get PVCS and told benign, echo normal etc. 32 years old male. My coupling interval is 250-300ms sometimes, I read this causes ventricular fibrillation?
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What is worse: ventricular fibrillation or atrial fibrillation?
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Why is ventricular fibrillation worse than atrial fibrillation?
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Why digoxin is absolutely contraindicated in a case of ventricular fibrillation?
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Are any heart sounds heard on auscultation in ventricular fibrillation?
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What is more dangerous, atrial fibrillation or ventricular fibrillation?
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What is the difference between atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation?
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Can atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular beat cause ventricular fibrillation?
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