Disease Browser
Parent Node: Arrhythmias, Cardiac (D001145) ..Starting node .. Ventricular Fibrillation (D014693) Child Nodes:
........Paroxysmal ventricular fibrillation (C537182) ........Ventricular Fibrillation, Paroxysmal Familial, 1 (C567851) ........Ventricular Fibrillation, Paroxysmal Familial, 2 (C567841) Sister Nodes: ..Arrhythmia, Sinus (D001146) 5 ..Atrial Fibrillation (D001281) 8 ..Atrial Flutter (D001282) ..Atrial Septal Defect, Secundum, with Various Cardiac and Noncardiac Defects (C566351) ..Bradycardia (D001919) ..Brugada Syndrome (D053840) 9 ..Cardiac Arrhythmia, Ankyrin-B-Related (C566996) ..Cardiac Complexes, Premature (D005117) 4 ..Cardiac Conduction Defect (C562490) ..Cardiac Conduction Defect, Nonprogressive (C566186) ..Commotio Cordis (D056104) ..Heart Block (D006327) 19 ..Long QT Syndrome (D008133) 20 ..Parasystole (D017574) ..Pre-Excitation Syndromes (D011226) 3 ..QT INTERVAL, VARIATION IN (OMIM:610141) ..Short Qt Syndrome (C580439) ..Short QT Syndrome 1 (C566506) ..Short QT Syndrome 2 (C566505) ..Short QT Syndrome 3 (C566504) ..Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome (C537340) ..Tachycardia (D013610) 20 ..Ventricular Fibrillation (D014693) 3 ..Ventricular Flutter (D054141) ..Woodhouse Sakati syndrome (C536742) Human Disease MESH is developed by UMLS . Further data from MedGen , OMIM , CTD
Term ID: 11564
Name: Ventricular Fibrillation
Definition: A potentially lethal cardiac arrhythmia that is characterized by uncoordinated extremely rapid firing of electrical impulses (400-600/min) in HEART VENTRICLES. Such asynchronous ventricular quivering or fibrillation prevents any effective cardiac output and results in unconsciousness (SYNCOPE). It is one of the major electrocardiographic patterns seen with CARDIAC ARREST.
Alternative IDs:
ParentIDs: MESH:D001145
TreeNumbers: C14.280.067.922 |C23.550.073.922
Synonyms: Fibrillations, Ventricular |Fibrillation, Ventricular |Ventricular Fibrillations
Slim Mappings: Cardiovascular disease|Pathology (process)
Reference:
MedGen: D014693
MeSH: D014693
OMIM: Genes: Phenotypes Disease Causing ClinVar Variants