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 64 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2007

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	1	1	2
2002	1	3	4
2003	1	2	3
2004	1	1	2
2005	2	2	4
2006	1	3	4
2007	7	1	8
2008	6	0	6
2009	2	0	2
2010	1	1	2
2012	1	2	3
2013	1	0	1
2014	3	0	3
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	1	0	1
2018	3	1	4
2019	0	2	2
2020	2	0	2
2021	0	3	3
2023	0	2	2
2024	0	1	1
2025	3	0	3

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Sawalha K, Kusumoto F, Al-Akchar M, Sadeq A, Goldsweig AM. Catheter Ablation Versus Medical Therapy as First-Line Treatment for Ventricular Electrical Storm: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2026 Feb; 37(2):305-312.

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Nuvvula S, Kakouros N, Alqalyoobi S, Stokken G, Mir T, Qureshi WT. Impact of ventricular arrhythmia in patients with sarcoidosis: an analysis of the national readmission database. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2025 Aug; 23(8):469-475.

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Gaspari R, Lindsay R, She T, Acuna J, Balk A, Bartnik J, Baxter J, Clare D, Caplan RJ, DeAngelis J, Filler L, Graham P, Hill M, Hipskind J, Joseph R, Kapoor M, Kummer T, Lewis M, Midgley S, Nalbandian A, Narveas-Guerra O, Nomura J, Sanjeevan I, Scheatzle M, Schnittke N, Secko M, Soucy Z, Stowell JR, Theophanous RG, Tozer J, Yates T, Gleeson T. Incidence and Clinical Relevance of Echocardiographic Visualization of Occult Ventricular Fibrillation: A Multicenter Prospective Study of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Ann Emerg Med. 2025 Oct; 86(4):328-336.

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Li N, Kim J, Patel AM, Markham DW, Tompkins CM, Rahban Y, Stokken G, Gottbrecht M, Prologo FJ, Resnick NJ. CT-guided Left Stellate Ganglion Cryoneurolysis for Refractory Ventricular Arrhythmias. Radiology. 2024 12; 313(3):e240587.

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Maron BJ, Estes NAM, Rowin EJ, Maron MS, Reynolds MR. Development of the Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator: JACC Historical Breakthroughs in Perspective. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 07 25; 82(4):353-373.

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Maron BJ, Estes NAM. Commotio Cordis Returns?When We Least Expected It: Cardiac Arrest in A Professional Football Player. Am J Cardiol. 2023 09 01; 202:229-232.

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Sawalha K, Gupta S, L?pez-Candales A. Early repolarization: Electrocardiographic cues to distinguish benign from malignant variants. Am J Med Sci. 2023 08; 366(2):150-154.

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Rowin EJ, Maron MS, Adler A, Albano AJ, Varnava AM, Spears D, Marsy D, Heitner SB, Cohen E, Leong KMW, Winters SL, Martinez MW, Koethe BC, Rakowski H, Maron BJ. Importance of newer cardiac magnetic resonance-based risk markers for sudden death prevention in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: An international multicenter study. Heart Rhythm. 2022 05; 19(5):782-789.

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Maron BJ, Link MS. Don't Forget Commotio Cordis. Am J Cardiol. 2021 10 01; 156:134-135.

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Gauvin CA, Klyachman L, Grewal PK, Germana SS, Singh A, Rashba EJ. Electrical Storm in a Case of Bilateral Pheochromocytomas. Am J Case Rep. 2021 Mar 25; 22:e929507.

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