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AFib is an abnormal heart rhythm and can be continuous or come and go (paroxysmal). AFib puts people at a higher risk for ...
The ventricular rate is frequently elevated and regular ― the latter of which is an important factor that allows for differentiation between atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation. However ...
Unlike ventricular tachycardia, V-fib is always considered a medical emergency ... including moments when you might feel your ...
In this situation, the ventricular (QRS ... with atrial flutter helps to distinguish it from atrial fibrillation, though atrial flutter with variable conduction of the P waves can also occur.
Medtronic ICDs provide no atrial blanking after sensed ventricular events to ensure reliable sensing of atrial electrograms during atrial fibrillation and flutter. Instead, they reject far-field R ...
Ventricular fibrillation is a cardiac arrhythmia in which the muscle in the lower chambers of the heart (the ventricles) contracts irregularly and rapidly. The ventricles quiver and are unable to ...
Additional categories were assigned for atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter and malignant ventricular arrhythmias (i.e. ventricular tachycardia, fibrillation or flutter). Analysis was by ...