It's crucial not only to seek urgent medical attention during a VF episode but also to consider psychological support for stress, anxiety, or trauma resulting from the experience.
CONCLUSIONS The varying left ventricular systolic performance during atrial fibrillation is independently influenced by beat to beat variation in cycle length, preload, afterload, and contractility.
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Two patients (5%) had a history of cardiac arrest with documented ventricular fibrillation, which was aborted by appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator discharge. Coronary artery disease ...
Such techniques can be automatically applied using implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and offer the potential for painless termination of ventricular tachycardia (VT). Reduction in ...