Ventricular Fibrillation Causes
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Causes of Ventricular Fibrillation
Causes of ventricular fibrillation include:
- Inadequate blood flow to the heart due to Coronary Artery Disease
- Scar tissue within the heart due to previous injury to heart, such as a Heart Attack
- Heart Failure
- Infection of the heart muscle ( Myocarditis )
- Shock
- Electrical shock
- Drowning
- Dangerously low body temperature ( Hypothermia )
- Electrolyte imbalance (eg, very low levels of potassium or magnesium in the blood)
- Drugs that affect the electrical currents of the heart (eg, sodium or potassium channel blockers)
- Low atmospheric oxygen
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