[Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation: apropos of 2 clinical cases].
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.
Manuela Abreu
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Interno Complementar de Cardiologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa.
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de Sousa
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Celeste Vagueiro
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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
Fibrilhação ventricular idiopática: a propósito de duas situações clínicas.