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Ventricular fibrillation — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = ECG lead showing VF DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|I|49|0|i|40 ICD9 = ICD9|427.41 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D014693 Ventricular fibrillation (V fib or VF) is a… … Wikipedia
Fibrillation — In matters of the heart (cardiology), fibrillation is incoordinate twitching of the heart muscle fibers. The difference between fibrillation and flutter is that fibrillation is not well organized while flutter is. For example, atrial flutter is… … Medical dictionary
ventricular — adjective Date: 1838 of, relating to, or being a ventricle < ventricular fibrillation > < ventricular pressure > < ventricular myocardium > … New Collegiate Dictionary
fibrillation — noun 1. muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination • Derivationally related forms: ↑fibrillate • Hypernyms: ↑twitch, ↑twitching, ↑vellication • Hyponyms: ↑atrial fibrillation, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Ventricular tachycardia — Classification and external resources ICD 10 I … Wikipedia
Fibrillation — is the rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart. There are two major classes of fibrillation, atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation.* Atrial fibrillation can be a chronic condition, usually… … Wikipedia
Fibrillation — ist ein medizinischer Fachausdruck aus der englischen Literatur, der im Deutschen weniger geläufig ist. In der Medizin bezeichnet er spontane Zuckungen einzelner Muskelfasern der Skelettmuskulatur.[1] In der Kardiologie bezieht sich die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ventricular fibrillation — An abnormal irregular heart rhythm whereby there are very rapid uncoordinated fluttering contractions of the lower chambers (ventricles) of the heart. Ventricular fibrillation disrupts the synchrony between the heartbeat and the pulse beat.… … Medical dictionary
Ventricular tachycardia — An abnormally rapid heart rhythm that originates from a ventricle, one of the lower chambers of the heart. Although the beat is regular, ventricular tachycardia is life threatening because it can lead to a dreaded condition, ventricular… … Medical dictionary
ventricular fibrillation — Pathol. a cardiac arrhythmia characterized by rapid, chaotic electrical impulses to the ventricles, incomplete ventricular contractions, and resultant loss of pulse and blood pressure. * * * Uncoordinated contraction of the muscle fibres of the… … Universalium
