Diseases [C] » Cardiovascular Diseases [C14] » Heart Diseases » Arrhythmias, Cardiac » Ventricular Fibrillation
Diseases [C] » Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23] » Pathologic Processes » Arrhythmias, Cardiac » Ventricular Fibrillation
Description
A potentially lethal cardiac arrhythmia that is characterized by uncoordinated extremely rapid firing of electrical impulses (400-600/min) in HEART VENTRICLES. Such asynchronous ventricular quivering or fibrillation prevents any effective cardiac output and results in unconsciousness (SYNCOPE). It is one of the major electrocardiographic patterns seen with CARDIAC ARREST. MeSH
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