Ventricular fibrillation induced by fever in structurally normal hearts

Ji-Fang Ma; You Zhou; Hai-Xia Fu

doi:10.3389/fcvm.2023.1230295

Ventricular fibrillation induced by fever in structurally normal hearts

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023 Sep 25:10:1230295. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1230295. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Ji-Fang Ma¹, You Zhou¹, Hai-Xia Fu¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, China.

Abstract

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: brugada syndrome; fever; idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; long QT syndrome; ventricular fibrillation.

Publication types

Review

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