Can ventricular tachycardia kill you

Without immediate treatment, ventricular fibrillation can cause death within minutes . The condition’s rapid, erratic heartbeats cause the heart to abruptly stop pumping blood to the body.2 Haz 2021

Ventricular fibrillation seldom terminates spontaneously , since several re-entrant wavefronts, independent from each other, coexist, and the simultaneous extinction of all the circuits is unlikely.

Survival: Overall survival to 1 month was only 1.6% for patients with non-shockable rhythms and 9.5% for patients found in VF. With increasing time to defibrillation, the survival rate fell rapidly from approximately 50% with a minimal delay to 5% at 15 min.

Ventricular fibrillation is life-threatening and requires immediate medical attention. CPR and defibrillation can restore your heart to its normal rhythm and may be life saving.