Key result
Paroxysmal ventricular fibrillation can cause Adams-Stokes syndrome in the absence of other disease, with 51 cases identified in a literature review up to 1952.
Population
Patients with paroxysmal ventricular fibrillation in the absence of other disease
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Raises awareness of paroxysmal VF in unexplained Adams-Stokes without structural disease; leaves open validation with modern diagnostics.
This early case report highlights that paroxysmal ventricular fibrillation can occur and cause Adams-Stokes syndrome even in the absence of other structural heart disease.
Thomas N. Stern (1957) studied this question. Paroxysmal ventricular fibrillation can cause Adams-Stokes syndrome in the absence of other disease, with 51 cases identified in a literature review up to 1952.
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