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Flabbibulin · 03-15-2014, 10:33 AM

I haven't really followed up on this story in the last few days, but after watching parts of the doctor's press conference, it appears that Peverley's A Fib did degenerate to a rapid ventricular arrhythmia- so, they did in fact use an AED, and not a manual cardioversion for A Fib, on him at the arena and he would have likely been a goner had an AED not been present... scary.

It is rare for young people to have A Fib, but it is extremely rare for A Fib to degenerate to V Fib... usually only happens in people with Wolff Parkinson White, which Peverley apparently doesn't have.

Anyway, he's off to have an ablation.

03-15-2014, 10:33 AM	#86
Flabbibulin Franchise Player Join Date: Nov 2009 Exp:	I haven't really followed up on this story in the last few days, but after watching parts of the doctor's press conference, it appears that Peverley's A Fib did degenerate to a rapid ventricular arrhythmia- so, they did in fact use an AED, and not a manual cardioversion for A Fib, on him at the arena and he would have likely been a goner had an AED not been present... scary. It is rare for young people to have A Fib, but it is extremely rare for A Fib to degenerate to V Fib... usually only happens in people with Wolff Parkinson White, which Peverley apparently doesn't have. Anyway, he's off to have an ablation. Last edited by Flabbibulin; 03-15-2014 at 10:35 AM.