Fibrillation

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 More General Terms 4 References

More Specific Terms

• atrial fibrillation (AF)
• cartilage fibrillation
• ventricular fibrillation (V Fib)

Introduction

• Chaotic rapid contraction or twitching of atrial or ventricular muscle
• Fine, rarely visible, twitching of single muscle fibers, seen with peripheral motor nerve injury
• cartilage fibrillation

More General Terms

• tachyarrhythmia (tachycardia)

References

1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
2. Clinical Anatomy Made Rediculously Simple. Stephen Golderg, MedMaster Inc, Miami, 1995

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