Ventricular fibrillation induced by fever in structurally normal hearts

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Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is a life-threatening arrhythmia that usually happens in patients with structural heart diseases. However, fever-induced ventricular fibrillation in structurally normal hearts was reported, and the four main diseases associated with these cases were Brugada syndrome, long QT syndrome, idiopathic ventricular fibrillation, and non-cardiovascular diseases. In this review, we analyzed this phenomenon and its clinical characteristics.

Keywords

• ventricular fibrillation
• fever
• brugada syndrome
• long QT syndrome
• idiopathic ventricular fibrillation