heart and blood vessel disorders
Ventricular Fibrillation
Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation
People who have been resuscitated from cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation typically are evaluated for heart disease, particularly Overview of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) , Some of these people likely have an unrecognized or unknown genetic disorder. Because of the possibility that the disorder is genetic, doctors recommend that family members be examined for possible cardiac events (for example, Fainting People with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation are treated with an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) . 