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  2. Ventricular fibrillation - Wikipedia

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    Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib or VF) is an abnormal heart rhythm in which the ventricles of the heart quiver. [2] It is due to disorganized electrical activity. [2] Ventricular fibrillation results in cardiac arrest with loss of consciousness and no pulse. [1] This is followed by sudden cardiac death in the absence of treatment. [2]

  3. Commotio cordis - Wikipedia

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    The velocity of the impact by a hard object is a critical factor for the onset of commotio cordis: impacts at 40 miles per hour (64 kilometres per hour) were the most likely to cause ventricular fibrillation in an animal model. [1] At velocities of 20 miles per hour (32 km/h), ventricular fibrillation did not occur.

  4. Cardiac arrest - Wikipedia

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    The mechanism responsible for the majority of sudden cardiac deaths is ventricular fibrillation. Ventricular fibrillation is a tachyarrhythmia characterized by turbulent electrical activity in the ventricular myocardium leading to a heart rate too disorganized and rapid to produce any meaningful cardiac output, thus resulting in insufficient ...

  5. Arrhythmia - Wikipedia

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    Fibrillation can affect the atrium (atrial fibrillation) or the ventricle (ventricular fibrillation): ventricular fibrillation is imminently life-threatening. Atrial fibrillation affects the upper chambers of the heart, known as the atria. Atrial fibrillation may be due to serious underlying medical conditions and should be evaluated by a ...

  6. Fibrillation - Wikipedia

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    There are two major classes of cardiac fibrillation: atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is an irregular and uncoordinated contraction of the cardiac muscle of atria. It can be a chronic condition, usually treated with anticoagulation and sometimes with conversion to normal sinus rhythm.

  7. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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    Currently, about 50–60% of people with a high index of clinical suspicion for HCM will have a mutation identified in at least one of nine sarcomeric genes. Approximately 40% of these mutations occur in the β- myosin heavy chain gene on chromosome 14 q11.2-3, and approximately 40% involve the cardiac myosin-binding protein C gene.

  8. Electrical injury - Wikipedia

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    AC-4.1: up to 5% probability of ventricular fibrillation AC-4.2: 5–50% probability of fibrillation AC-4.3: over 50% probability of fibrillation. The lethality of an electric shock is dependent on several variables: Current: The higher the current, the more likely it is lethal.

  9. Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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    Ventricular arrhythmias due to ACM typically arise from the diseased right ventricle. The type of arrhythmia ranges from frequent premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) to ventricular tachycardia (VT) to ventricular fibrillation (VF). While the initiating factor of the ventricular arrhythmias is unclear, it may be due to triggered activity or ...

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