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How Does Ventricular Fibrillation Affect The Heart?

My husband went into Vfib or Vtac 12 to miss in 2 hours. They got him stable after 6 hours, the paddles twice and lydocaine and amiodorone injections. They placed a stint in his LAD which was 98% blocked and that seems to have fixed the problem. He has been wearing a vest for the last 3 months with a built in defibrillator and has had no incidents. He is off the amiodorone now and just on the blood thinner. Yesterday they did an echo on him. They are concerned about damage that may have occurred during the crazy 6 Hour episode last Nov. what should be most concerned about going forward?
Thu, 28 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

VT and V Fib are both life threatening condition which need emergency medical treatment. It was because of the blocked LAD which must have caused the weakening of heart. As the vessel is open now, their are chances that heart may recover gradually with medication. Its good that he has not had such event any more but you still have to keep an eye over such situation. The symptoms included sudden loss of consciousness, palpitations, abnormal body movement or chest pain. If something like this occurs again you should go to ER immediately.

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How Does Ventricular Fibrillation Affect The Heart?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. VT and V Fib are both life threatening condition which need emergency medical treatment. It was because of the blocked LAD which must have caused the weakening of heart. As the vessel is open now, their are chances that heart may recover gradually with medication. Its good that he has not had such event any more but you still have to keep an eye over such situation. The symptoms included sudden loss of consciousness, palpitations, abnormal body movement or chest pain. If something like this occurs again you should go to ER immediately. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.