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Depending on how the heart’s electrical activity appears on an EKG, a doctor may diagnose coarse or fine ventricular fibrillation (VF). Coarse VF appears as larger waves on an EKG compared with ...

*A run that continues for over 30 seconds, but with the heart still able to pump adequate blood during the episode, is called sustained V-tach. Sustained V-tach may degenerate into unstable V-tach.

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Ventricular tachycardia is an arrhythmia (heart rhythm disturbance) that occurs when the electrical signals in the ventricles cause the heart to beat at least three times in a row and at a rate of ...

Atrial fibrillation: The heart beats much faster than expected, causing inadequate pumping of blood to the lungs and the entire body. This is the most common type of arrhythmia.

The impact gives a sudden jolt to the heart muscle. This can result in a sudden, irregular, and fast pattern of heartbeats (ventricular fibrillation), which causes the heart to effectively stop ...

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried died of recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II. Here’s what to know about the heart condition.

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