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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Arrhythmias, Cardiac > Ventricular Fibrillation
Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Arrhythmias, Cardiac > Ventricular Fibrillation

Preferred term

Ventricular Fibrillation  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • does not confuse with VENTRICULAR FLUTTER

Scope note

  • 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.

In other languages

  • kammiovärinä

    Finnish

  • fibrillatio ventricularis
  • kammiolepatus
  • ventrikelflimmer och ventrikelfladder
  • VF
  • Kammarflimmer

    Swedish

  • Ventrikelflimmer

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014693

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