Individual case reports 4,5 have documented the onset of ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia, or both, at the moment of inscription of the pacemaker impulse. To avoid the vulnerable period of ...

Any disease affecting the heart muscle (“myocardium”) is a potential cause of sudden cardiac death. This includes heart ...

Ventricular fibrillation is often a fatal arrhythmia. It occurs when the ventricular rate exceeds 400. In this setting, virtually no forward cardiac output occurs. Advanced Cardiac Life Support ...

Left untreated, ventricular tachycardia can trigger a medical emergency known as ventricular fibrillation (V-fib). With V-fib ...

This paradoxical increase in ventricular heart rates may lead to ventricular fibrillation (ventricular rates of 400 to 600 bpm) and death. Procainamide or urgent electrical cardioversion is ...

Reproducible ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation was induced in six patients. These patients received amiodarone and an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator was ...

"The medical report indicates that he died of an acute myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation." She asked for the family's privacy to be respected, noting that the funeral will be private.