Medications causing ventricular fibrillation

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967168 tn?1477584489 Depending on the cause of the underlying arrhythmia, there still may be a need for antiarrhythmic medications or an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Patients with atrial fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia, for example, may require continued use of antiarrhythmic medications. The type and severity of an arrhythmia may also require more invasive surgery in order to correct the problem.
Avatar m tn Very easy to answer: Yes. If you had ventricular fibrillation, you wouldn't be writing your post. You would be dead. Ventricular fibrillation = cardiac arrest. You don't have an irregular heart rhythm with ventricular fibrillation, you don't have a heart rhythm. What is more difficult to know for sure (and maybe that's what you really are asking) is to differ other arrhythmias based on just checking the pulse.
Avatar f tn However, it is important to understand that ventricular tachycardia (or ventricular tachyarrhythmias, that is a joint term for ventricular tachycardia, ventricular flutter and to some degree ventricular fibrillation, though almost all the time used for ventricular tachycardia) can manifest in different ways and be caused by different mechanisms, some of them almost completely benign, some of them life threatening.
3885607 tn?1348508726 Ask your doctor what he thinks - is it caused by the atrial fibrillation or is it causing atrial fibrillation?
Avatar m tn But her blood sugar was normal and her blood pressure was also normal at that time. Is it possible that it may be ventricular fibrillation? If it is, what is the best medical way to treat it?
Avatar f tn The phenomenon can happen in the ventricles too, though much less likely to happen and if it happens, ventricular fibrillation is (luckily) rarely triggered. In this case, the name for it is "R on T PVCs" but I don't think a similar name exists for PACs. 2. a) Much is not known about the cause for atherosclerosis, but as far as I know (I'm not a doctor though), blood calcium levels have little impact on buildups in arteries.
Avatar m tn m right ventricular fibrillation causes death is inevitable with in a few minutes. . HOWEVER ventricular fibrillation is very rare and usually comes along with other major heart defects or problems. Honestly please don't worry about v-fib or don't even waste your time reading it. If your feeling anything I would get a holter heart monitor and document what you have so a qualified cardiologist can make that judgment.
1528249 tn?1291875739 If the leads come off of an EKG the result on the screen is exactly like ventricular fibrillation. Years ago I can testify that some people were inappropriately shocked due to this error. Not in a zillion years would the ER admit that, of course. I am not up-to-date on the latest defribrilators, but supposedly they have software that can distinguish between actual and virtual ventricular fibrillation. Remember Hal from the spaceship: "Nothing can possibly go wrong".
3287038 tn?1398422427 My mother is 76 and had paroxsymal Afib,although it may now be consided as persistant. She is rate controlled and also takes 325mg aspirin. Her BP is 96/60,HR59-104,EF=25%,Left ventricular enlargement .No edema,sleeps flat, shortness of breath only when rushed. 1.) Would catheter ablation of the AV node be too dangerous? Any Long term affects, if not sucessful? 2.) What about cardioversion? 3.) What can be done to prevent further left vent dilation, cardiomyopathy? 4.
Avatar m tn http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC545059/ Did you click on the provided link that I sent, in the studies (to my understanding) they had what is called "Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation", with NO known heart disease and all NORMAL test results. I'm concerned about this happening in me due to all my symptoms.
Avatar m tn Does the person usually experience an abrupt transition from normal sinus rhythm to ventricular fibrillation? Or is it usually an abrupt transition from normal sinus rhythm to ventricular tachycardia and later (possibly long after the person has lost consciousness and clinically died) to ventricular fibrillation? 2. When a person is in v-tach and the v-tach degenerates into v-fib, is the transition abrupt (like the transition from normal sinus rhythm to v-tach) or is it gradual?
Avatar m tn I get that same weird quivering in my chest as well. I also get a lot of chest pain and heart palpitations all day long. I've had 3 EKG's, 2 chest x-rays, and blood work; all normal. The quivering doesn't hurt it is just a very weird feeling and very unnerving. I was diagnosed with an anxiety and panic disorder however, so that might be the cause of my heart quivering (although I feel like its something else not related to the anxiety).
Avatar n tn Do you know what type of arrhythmia you have? Some arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation can be managed with medications for awhile or a person may have to go in to be cardioverted (get the rhythm back to normal). If you were experiencing ventricular tachycardia, you would probably notice it since you would probably pass out. In that case they would want to put an ICD in to electrically convert when it happens again.
10894761 tn?1413637884 in cases of sudden cardiac death, are they all preceded by ventricular fibrillation, or sometimes the heart simply stops beating suddenly without VF? What about other cases? I mean when the heart stops beating because of any other health issue? Is it always VF the mechanism?
Avatar f tn I am obese and have sleep apnea, well controlled HBP, moderately well controlled diabetes type II. Just diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, will be having holter monitor and stress echocardiogram next week. Have had heart palpitations since my late 20s, drs considered them harmless, and they almost disappeared when I started BP meds.
Avatar f tn -- Long QT syndrome is a genetic mutation in one of several ion channels in the heart muscle, which leads to prolonged QT and an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation). This is a rare inherited disorder which most likely had affected other family members.
967168 tn?1477584489 The most frequent type of the MA is the ventricular tachycardia (VT), mostly the sustained VT, not rarely degenerating to ventricular fibrillation (VF). The primary VF represents a rarer form of MA. The usual type of MA is the tachycardiac form, but there exists a MA with dominating bradycardia (bradycardia syncope, tachycardia associated with long lasting bradycardia).
Avatar n tn The link below your post goes to a doctor's explanation where he states digoxin is used to treat irregular heartbeats. I was on digoxin for a few months following my congested heart failue event. It is my understanding the medication is used to increase contractility of the pumping chambers. My medication for stablizing heart rate is a beta blocker (coreg) and an ACE inhibitor. My research: "Digoxin is contraindicated in patients with ventricular fibrillation.
Avatar f tn Positive for inducible nonsustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia as well as inducible sustained ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation requiring defibrillation therpapy. 34-year old female. History of one syncopal episode and one pre-syncopal episode prior to diagnosis. Thanks for any light you can shed on my condition. I was beginning to deal quite well with my ICD and heart problem, but lately have begun to worry again.
Avatar m tn I've posted this many times before, I'm just leaving the top part in for a refresher about my symptoms and everything, the new questions and concerns I have is the very bottom part of this post. thanks I'm a 24 yr old male. Echo, stress test, stress echo, holter, and event monitors have all been normal besides "PVC's and a 26 beat run of ventricular tachycardia at 127bpms that self terminated".
Avatar f tn From what I know, Amiodorone is labeled primarily for serious ventricular arrhythmia's here in the US, but has been used with varied success (up to 92% success rate in some patients) in European countries. In a recent study, Amiodarone did not appear to be effective in converting recent-onset atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm...
Avatar m tn t tolerate medications. There is about a 75% chance of curing atrial fibrillation with this procedure. You have to stay on the ASA for life.