title: [Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation: apropos of 2 clinical cases].
abstract: We describe two patients with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation recently evaluated to whom it was implanted a cardioversor desfibrillator system. It is our purpose to make a brief review of the etiology, diagnostic procedures, therapy and prognosis of this clinical entity, which is an important rare cause of sudden cardiac death.
authors.affiliation: Interno Complementar de Cardiologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manuela Abreu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Veiga
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Celeste Vagueiro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Fibrilhação ventricular idiopática: a propósito de duas situações clínicas.