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Atrial fibrillation (A-fib) is a very dangerous condition. In A-fib, the heart is trying to pump too fast, but is uncoordinated. This means that blood is not circulated around the body well. It also causes blood to swirl around inside the heart and can lead to forming blood clots. If one of these blood clots goes to the lungs it can cause a pulmonary embolis, or if it goes to the brain it can cause a stroke, both of which could be deadly.
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What is the most dangerous type of arrhythmia?
ventricular fibrillation
What heart conditions is propafenone used for?
heart arrhythmias usually of the more dangerous kind. Like ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation.
How dangerous is atrial fibrillation?
Atrial fibrillation (A-fib) is a very dangerous condition. In A-fib, the heart is trying to pump too fast, but is uncoordinated. This means that blood is not circulated around the body well. It also causes blood to swirl around inside the heart and can lead to forming blood clots. If one of these blood clots goes to the lungs it can cause a pulmonary embolis, or if it goes to the brain it can cause a stroke, both of which could be deadly.
Which would produce the most life-threatening condition atrial flutter ventricular flutter atrial fibrillation or ventricular fibrillation?
Ventricular fibrillation, since this pumps blood to the rest of the body.
What does fibrillation mean in medical terms?
Fibrillation is a medical term meaning an interruption of electrical activities in the heart. The most common types of fibrillation are atrial fibrillation and ventricular relation, termed as AFib and VFib, respectively.
How much is current is dangerous to human body?
In terms of electrical current, ten milliamps is enough to send a human heart into fibrillation. Fibrillation is an irregular heart beat that can often kill a person. One milliamp is 1x10-3 Amps or 0.001 Amps
What is V-fibrillation?
Ventricular fibrillation is a rapid, irregular and uncoordinated contraction of the cardiac muscles.
Which form of cardiac arrhythmia is fatal unless reversed?
Ventricular Fibrillation
What are the major types of arrhythmia?
Atrial Fibrillation, Ventricular tachycardia, Ventricular fibrillation, Supraventricular tachycardia
What is an atrial fibrillation?
An atrial fibrillation is a cardiac arrhythmia which involves the upper two chambers of the heart.
How is ventricular fibrillation diagnosed?
When an individual suddenly collapses, the possibility of ventricular fibrillation should be considered immediately.
What does fibrillation?
when muscles twitch
