Transient ventricular fibrillation. A clinical case report

Yosef Blaer; Vladimir Khalameizer; Jamal Jafari; Amos Katz; Leonardo Reisin; Chaim Yosefy

doi:10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2007.07.006

Transient ventricular fibrillation. A clinical case report

Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2007 Dec;6(4):337-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2007.07.006. Epub 2007 Sep 4.

Authors

Yosef Blaer¹, Vladimir Khalameizer, Jamal Jafari, Amos Katz, Leonardo Reisin, Chaim Yosefy

Affiliation

¹ Cardiology Department, Barzilai Medical Center Campus, Ashkelon, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. [email protected]

PMID: 17804297
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2007.07.006

Abstract

Self-terminating ventricular fibrillation (VF) was recorded in a 42-year-old woman without coronary artery or structural heart disease. Reviewing the scientific literature, we found that this type of VF had appeared in vivo in some animal models but was sparsely described in clinical practice. This most unusual case shows that potentially lethal arrhythmias may be self-terminating.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Coma / etiology
Coronary Care Units
Critical Care
Electrocardiography
Fatal Outcome
Female
Heart Arrest / etiology
Humans
Monitoring, Physiologic
Rare Diseases
Recurrence
Remission, Spontaneous
Risk Factors
Ventricular Fibrillation / diagnosis*
Ventricular Fibrillation / etiology*
Ventricular Fibrillation / mortality
Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy