| ventricular fibrillation |
Non-synchronic activity of the cardiac muscle cells without effect on the heart (functional cardiac arrest). [top]
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| ventricular fibrillation |
This is the commonest rhythm in cardiac arrest. VF can be triggered by acute ischaemia, electrolyte disturbance, hypothermia, hypoxia or electric shock. The ECG shows irregular electrical activity with no discrete P waves or QRS complexes.
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| ventricular fibrillation |
A condition in which disordered electrical activity causes the ventricles to contract in a rapid, unsynchronized, uncoordinated fashion. When this occurs, little or no blood is pumped from the heart.
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| ventricular fibrillation |
a fast unorganized heart rhythm caused by abnormal electrical impulses or circuits within the ventricles
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| ventricular fibrillation |
disorganized twitching of the heart muscle which results in the heart not pumping blood. Vital Signs: Pulse,Blood Pressure, respiratory rate, temperature and LOC
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