ventricular fibrillation

Summary

ventricular fibrillation is a disease^[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,312 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• ventricular fibrillation's instance of is recorded as disease^[3].
• ventricular fibrillation's instance of is recorded as thoracic disease^[4].
• ventricular fibrillation's instance of is recorded as symptom or sign^[5].
• ventricular fibrillation is a type of tachycardia^[6].
• ventricular fibrillation is a type of ventricular dyssynchrony^[7].
• ventricular fibrillation is a type of cardiac fibrillation^[8].
• ventricular fibrillation's Commons category is recorded as Ventricular fibrillation^[9].
• ventricular fibrillation's symptoms and signs is recorded as vertigo^[10].
• ventricular fibrillation's symptoms and signs is recorded as syncope^[11].
• ventricular fibrillation's has cause is recorded as myocardial infarction^[12].
• ventricular fibrillation's has cause is recorded as cardiomyopathy^[13].
• ventricular fibrillation's has cause is recorded as Brugada syndrome^[14].
• ventricular fibrillation's has cause is recorded as long QT syndrome^[15].
• ventricular fibrillation's possible treatment is recorded as defibrillation^[16].
• ventricular fibrillation's possible treatment is recorded as cardiopulmonary resuscitation^[17].
• ventricular fibrillation's possible treatment is recorded as implantable cardioverter-defibrillator^[18].
• ventricular fibrillation's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 427.41^[19].
• ventricular fibrillation's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C50799^[20].
• ventricular fibrillation's health specialty is recorded as cardiology^[21].
• ventricular fibrillation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as sotalol^[22].
• ventricular fibrillation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as arginine vasopressin^[23].
• ventricular fibrillation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as atenolol^[24].
• ventricular fibrillation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as acebutolol^[25].
• ventricular fibrillation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as bretylium^[26].
• ventricular fibrillation's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as lidocaine^[27].

Why It Matters

ventricular fibrillation ranks in the top 9% of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,312 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]