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. 2020 Jan 29;10:1640. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.01640

Table 1.

Etiology of ventricular fibrillation.

PATHOLOGICAL FACTORS THAT PLAY A ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION
INHERITED ACQUIRED TEMPORARY CAUSES
long QT syndrome ischemic heart disease sepsis
short QT syndrome chronic kidney disease electrolyte disorders (especially K+ and Mg++)
Brugada-syndrome hypertension electrocution
catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia cardiomyopathies drug abuse (cocaine, methamphetamine)
arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia acquired aortic disorders provocative body posture in the case of structural heart disease
single nucleotide polymorphisms (e.g. on 21q21 and 2q24.2 loci) prior aborted cardiac death drugs affecting QT interval: antimicrobial agents antipsychotics antidepressants antiarrhythmic drugs: amiodarone, sotalol, procainamide, quinidine, dofetilide, ibutilide
J-point elevation syndromes post-valvular surgery, post-TGA surgery or other heart surgeries
inherited structural heart diseases (tetralogy of Fallot, VSD, mitral prolapse, aortic disorders) post-PCI or post-thrombolysis (reperfusion damage)

VSD, ventricular septal defect, TGA, transposition of the great arteries, PCI, primary coronary intervention.