Defibrillation and refractory ventricular fibrillation

Eur Heart J. 2025 Feb 7;46(6):582-584. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae767.

Bas J Verkaik^{1

2}, Robert G Walker³, Tyson G Taylor³, Mette M Ekkel^{4

5}, Rob Marx³, Remy Stieglis^{4

5}, Vera G M van Eeden^{1

2}, Lotte C Doeleman^{4

5}, Michiel Hulleman^{1

2}, Fred W Chapman³, Hans van Schuppen^{4

5}, Christian van der Werf^{1

2}

¹ Heart Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Heart Failure and Arrhythmias, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Research Department, Stryker Emergency Care, Redmond, WA 98052, USA.
⁴ Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Quality of Care, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Keywords: Defibrillation; Dual sequential external defibrillation; Recurrent VF; Refibrillation; Refractory VF; Ventricular fibrillation.