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===Treatment===
===Treatment===
VF is lethal if the patient is not treated immediately. It gives rise to a mechanical standstill of the heart, because the heart is not able to pump normally anymore. Electrocardioversion is the only treatment for ventricular fibrillation.  
VF is lethal if the patient is not treated immediately. It gives rise to a mechanical standstill of the heart, because the heart is not able to pump normally anymore. Electrocardioversion is the only treatment for ventricular fibrillation.


==Accelerated idio-ventricular rhythm==
==Accelerated idio-ventricular rhythm==

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