Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF) is defined as spontaneous ventricular fibrillation
(VF) in the absence of identifiable cardiac and extracardiac abnormalities responsible
for the arrhythmic event.
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IVF accounts for 5% to 10% of out-of-hospital survivors of cardiac arrest.
Survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with apparently normal heart
Need for definition and standardized clinical evaluation Consensus Statement of the Joint Steering Committees of the Unexplained Cardiac Arrest Registry of Europe and of the Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation Registry of the United States.
Need for definition and standardized clinical evaluation Consensus Statement of the Joint Steering Committees of the Unexplained Cardiac Arrest Registry of Europe and of the Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation Registry of the United States.
Circulation. 1997; 95: 265-272
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,
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The mean age of IVF patients is 35 to 40 years, and 70% to 75% are male.
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Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) forms the mainstay of treatment,
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and the youngest reported case of IVF is a 7-year-old boy treated with ICD.
Survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with apparently normal heart
Need for definition and standardized clinical evaluation Consensus Statement of the Joint Steering Committees of the Unexplained Cardiac Arrest Registry of Europe and of the Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation Registry of the United States.
Need for definition and standardized clinical evaluation Consensus Statement of the Joint Steering Committees of the Unexplained Cardiac Arrest Registry of Europe and of the Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation Registry of the United States.
Circulation. 1997; 95: 265-272
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Published online: June 05, 2009
Accepted:
May 23,
2009
Received:
March 23,
2009
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