AUTHOR=Ma Ji-Fang , Zhou You , Fu Hai-Xia 

TITLE=Ventricular fibrillation induced by fever in structurally normal hearts

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1230295

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2023.1230295

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=<p>Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is a life-threatening arrhythmia that usually happens in patients with structural heart diseases. However, fever-induced ventricular fibrillation in structurally normal hearts was reported, and the four main diseases associated with these cases were Brugada syndrome, long QT syndrome, idiopathic ventricular fibrillation, and non-cardiovascular diseases. In this review, we analyzed this phenomenon and its clinical characteristics.</p>