Ventricular Fibrillation

"Ventricular Fibrillation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D014693
MeSH Number(s)	C14.280.067.922 C23.550.073.922
Concept/Terms	Ventricular Fibrillation Ventricular Fibrillation Fibrillation, Ventricular Fibrillations, Ventricular Ventricular Fibrillations

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Diseases [C]
Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
Heart Diseases [C14.280]
Arrhythmias, Cardiac [C14.280.067]
Ventricular Fibrillation [C14.280.067.922]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Pathologic Processes [C23.550]
Arrhythmias, Cardiac [C23.550.073]
Ventricular Fibrillation [C23.550.073.922]

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Bar chart showing 133 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	2	0	2
1997	2	1	3
1998	1	1	2
1999	6	0	6
2000	3	0	3
2001	3	1	4
2002	6	3	9
2003	2	0	2
2004	2	1	3
2005	3	3	6
2006	7	3	10
2007	2	1	3
2008	2	2	4
2009	4	2	6
2010	6	1	7
2011	6	1	7
2012	1	0	1
2013	3	1	4
2014	2	1	3
2015	3	3	6
2016	8	6	14
2017	3	1	4
2018	3	0	3
2019	2	0	2
2020	2	3	5
2021	1	3	4
2022	0	3	3
2023	1	2	3
2024	3	1	4

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Junarta J, Siddiqui MU, Abaza E, Zhang P, Patel A, Park DS, Aizer A, Razzouk L, Rao SV. The Utility of Coronary Revascularization to Reduce Ventricular Arrhythmias in Coronary Artery Disease Patients: A Systematic Review. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 02; 105(3):605-612.

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Belhassen B, Conte G, Steinberg C, Whitaker J, Khan HR, Laredo M, Doldi F, Ho R, Tadros R, Dinov B, Chorin E, Hansom S, Waintraub X, Eckardt L, Jankelson L, Peichl P, Mellor G, Sy RW, Rattanawong P, Stojkovic S, Garber L, Suna G, Kautzner J, Chan KH, Srivathsan K, Tedrow U, Havranek S, Murgatroyd F, Shauer A, Winkel BG, Page SP, Milman A, Lador A, Ayou R, Sellal JM, Chevalier P, Garc?a-Fern?ndez FJ, Reichlin T, Shah D, Nazer B, Bermudez-Jimenez F, Nagase S, Morita H, Nam GB, Pappone C, Lambiase PD, Strohmer B, Stuehlinger M, Gandjbakhch E, Schulze-Bahr E, Krahn AD, Tovia-Brodie O. Mode and Characteristics of Arrhythmia?Initiation in Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation: A THESIS Substudy. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2024 Aug; 10(8):1794-1809.

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Haskell SE, Hoyme D, Zimmerman MB, Reeder R, Girotra S, Raymond TT, Samson RA, Berg M, Berg RA, Nadkarni V, Atkins DL. Association between survival and number of shocks for pulseless ventricular arrhythmias during pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest in a national registry. Resuscitation. 2024 05; 198:110200.

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Shauer A, Horowitz-Cederboim S, Mor-Shaked H, Durst R, Zwas DR, Belhassen B. Calmodulinopathy Associated Long QT Syndrome, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy With Excessive Trabeculation in a 14-Year-Old Girl Presenting With Ventricular Fibrillation. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2024 Feb; 17(1):e004163.

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Gray JM, Raymond TT, Atkins DL, Tegtmeyer K, Niles DE, Nadkarni VM, Pandit SV, Dewan M. Inappropriate Shock Delivery Is Common During Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2023 08 01; 24(8):e390-e396.

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Spears J, Kowey P. Amiodarone for the prevention of shocks and death in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: Hero or villain? Heart Rhythm. 2023 04; 20(4):510-511.

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Milman A, Sabbag A, Conte G, Postema PG, Andorin A, Gourraud JB, Sacher F, Mabo P, Kim SH, Maeda S, Takahashi Y, Kamakura T, Aiba T, Juang JJ, Michowitz Y, Leshem E, Mizusawa Y, Arbelo E, Huang Z, Denjoy I, Giustetto C, Wijeyeratne YD, Mazzanti A, Brugada R, Casado-Arroyo R, Champagne J, Calo L, Sarquella-Brugada G, Tfelt-Hansen J, Priori SG, Takagi M, Veltmann C, Delise P, Corrado D, Behr ER, Gaita F, Yan GX, Brugada J, Leenhardt A, Wilde AAM, Brugada P, Kusano KF, Hirao K, Nam GB, Probst V, Belhassen B. Characteristics of Patients with Spontaneous Versus Drug-Induced Brugada Electrocardiogram: Sub-Analysis From the SABRUS. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2023 01; 16(1):e011360.

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Bodempudi S, Wus L, Kloo J, Zeniecki P, Coromilas J, West FM, Lev Y. Improving Time to Defibrillation Following Ventricular Tachycardia (VTach) and Ventricular Fibrillation (VFib) Cardiac Arrest: A Multicenter Retrospective and Prospective Quality Improvement Study. Am J Med Qual. 2023 Mar-Apr 01; 38(2):73-80.

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Ye D, Zhou W, Hamrick SK, Tester DJ, Kim CSJ, Barajas-Martinez H, Hu D, Giudicessi JR, Antzelevitch C, Ackerman MJ. Acacetin, a Potent Transient Outward Current Blocker, May Be a Novel Therapeutic for KCND3-Encoded Kv4.3 Gain-of-Function-Associated J-Wave Syndromes. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2022 Oct; 15(5):e003238.

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Kantharia BK, Shah AN. Implications of "slower" ventricular tachycardia on clinical management and detection and therapy function of implantable cardioverter defibrillators. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2022 08; 45(8):958-962.

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