title: Transient ventricular fibrillation. A clinical case report.
abstract: Self-terminating ventricular fibrillation (VF) was recorded in a 42-year-old woman without coronary artery or structural heart disease. Reviewing the scientific literature, we found that this type of VF had appeared in vivo in some animal models but was sparsely described in clinical practice. This most unusual case shows that potentially lethal arrhythmias may be self-terminating.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Barzilai Medical Center Campus, Ashkelon, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. blaer@barzi.health.gov.il
authors.forename: Yosef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Blaer
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Khalameizer
authors.forename: Jamal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jafari
authors.forename: Amos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reisin
authors.forename: Chaim
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yosefy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology; D003325:Coronary Care Units; D003422:Critical Care; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012008:Recurrence; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012307:Risk Factors; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy