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Ventricular Fibrillation

Known as: FIBRILLATION PAROXYSMAL VENT, Ventricular Fibrillation [Disease/Finding], VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION PAROXYSM 
A potentially lethal cardiac arrhythmia that is characterized by uncoordinated extremely rapid firing of electrical impulses (400-600/min) in HEART… 
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
How should we screen competitive athletes for cardiovascular disease?
This editorial refers to ‘Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Expanding indications for implantable cardiac defibrillators.
Almost 250,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur annually in the United States; the majority are attributed to coronary… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
In-hospital prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by primary ventricular fibrillation.
The in-hospital prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by primary ventricular fibrillation has not… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Restoration of volume by crystalloid versus colloid after coronary artery bypass: Hemodynamics, lung water, oxygenation, and outcome
We compared Ringer's acetate-gluconate solution with 6% dextran-70 infused during rewarming after coronary bypass surgery. In a… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Atrial fibrillation and stroke in elderly hospitalized patients.
Of 4100 consecutive admissions to the Department of Geriatric Medicine, 414 patients (10.1%) were identified as having atrial… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Electrophysiologic testing in assessment of therapy with sotalol for sustained ventricular tachycardia.
Eighteen patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia underwent electrophysiologic studies to establish the therapeutic… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Right Ventricular Performance in Essential Hypertension
Effects of systemic hypertension on right ventricular (RV) performance have not been previously investigated. In this study, 10… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Comparative value of eight M-mode echocardiographic formulas for determining left ventricular stroke volume. A correlative study with thermodilution and left ventricular single-plane cineangiography.
Sixty-six consecutive patients without left ventricular volume overload, significant arrhythmia or significant pericardial… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Electrotonic Interaction during Canine Ventricular Repolarization
Canine ventricular refractory periods were measured during test site drive, during drive of single ectopic sites, during fusion… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Fibrillation Threshold of Premature Ventricular Responses
The degree of temporal dispersion of recovery of excitability of premature ventricular responses, estimated as the range of local… 
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