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. 2025 Feb 7;46(6):582-584.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae767.

Defibrillation and refractory ventricular fibrillation

Bas J Verkaik  1   2 , Robert G Walker  3 , Tyson G Taylor  3 , Mette M Ekkel  4   5 , Rob Marx  3 , Remy Stieglis  4   5 , Vera G M van Eeden  1   2 , Lotte C Doeleman  4   5 , Michiel Hulleman  1   2 , Fred W Chapman  3 , Hans van Schuppen  4   5 , Christian van der Werf  1   2
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Defibrillation and refractory ventricular fibrillation

Bas J Verkaik et al. Eur Heart J. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Defibrillation; Dual sequential external defibrillation; Recurrent VF; Refibrillation; Refractory VF; Ventricular fibrillation.

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Figure 1
(A) Sankey plot showing ventricular fibrillation termination success for each defibrillation. Green (upper ribbons) changing to red indicates cases in whom the rhythm 5-s post-shock was non-shockable and in whom refibrillation occurred during the ensuing 2-min cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) cycle. Red (lower ribbons) indicates cases in whom the rhythm 5-s post-shock was shockable and the shock was therefore classified as unsuccessful. (B) Cumulative percentage of the time to refibrillation after the first three 773 successful defibrillations. VF, ventricular fibrillation
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