Assertion: ventricular fibrillation | /r/HasProperty | fatal
Facets:
value: almost always
type: DEGREE
value: uniformly
type: MANNER
value: in severe cases
type: TEMPORAL
value: rapidly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: It can be fatal.
text: Left untreated, ventricular fibrillation is rapidly fatal as the vital organs of the body, including the heart, are starved of oxygen, and as a result patients in this rhythm will not be conscious or responsive to stimuli.
text: Ventricular fibrillation happens due to some underlying heart disease and can be fatal if ignored.
text: This should not be done in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (as described above) because this paradoxically increases the ventricular rate in this setting, leading to ventricular fibrillation, which can be fatal.
text: In severe cases, ventricular fibrillation may be fatal.
text: Ventricular fibrillation (vf) on the other hand if not treated immediately (usually by elecetrical defibrillation) is almost always uniformly fatal.