For in-hospital cardiac arrest from ventricular fibrillation or pulseless V-tach, how often is timely defibrillation done? What are the possible adverse effects of delayed defibrillation on outcomes?

January 16, 2004 -- European investigators report that vasopressin and epinephrine are equally effective for the treatment of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless electrical activity, but ...

2007年1月16日 · Pulseless arrest rhythms are divided into shockable and nonshockable. Shockable rhythms are VF or ventricular tachycardia (VT). If VT/VF persists after the first …

2003年5月5日 · Ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia, rhythms that commonly occur following MI, are the rhythms most often detected immediately following SCA. [1]

Ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia (PVT) account for 60-80% of cardiac arrest rhythms, while asystole and pulseless electrical activity (PEA) account for 20 …

2024年8月6日 · Proponents believe that this technically challenging approach, which improves outcomes in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, can be implemented more widely.

2023年10月17日 · The backstory is almost always the same: The physician assumed that the WCT was a supraventricular tachycardia with aberrant conduction (SVT-AC) and treated it as …

2024年5月16日 · The Curbsiders share their favorite tips on the management of patients experiencing palpitations and why premature ventricular contractions shouldn't just be dismissed.

2021年10月5日 · The strongest risk factors for SCD are a history of prior resuscitated cardiac arrest, ventricular fibrillation, and/or sustained ventricular tachycardia.

Catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia can reduce the need for ICD and is an increasingly important adjunct to arrhythmia treatment.