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Ventricular Fib… contagious?

January 19, 2012 By Dr John

This doesn’t happen everyday.

The dangers of having two hearts.

And we think it’s bad when pulmonary veins reconnect?

JMM

P.S. How do you fill out the checklist on this one? Reversible cause?

Here is the original case report for you Annals of Emergency Medicine subscribers.

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Welcome, Enjoy, Interact. john-mandrola I am a cardiac electrophysiologist practicing in Louisville KY. I am also a husband to a palliative care doctor, a father, a bike racer, and a regular columnist at theHeart.org | Medscape

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