Preparing questions in advance can help patients have more meaningful conversations with their physicians about their conditions. Patients may wish to ask their doctors the following questions related to ventricular fibrillation (VF):

1. Are heart palpitations ventricular fibrillations? Can I tell the difference?
   
   
2. I have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. Can this become ventricular fibrillation?
   
   
3. Can I observe my spouse for signs of ventricular fibrillation?
   
   
4. I had a case of VF during a heart attack. Will it happen again if I have another heart attack?
   
   
5. After a case of VF, I got an implantable defibrillator. Are there incidents of VF that it will not affect?
   
   
6. How can I tell if my implantable defibrillator is working?
   
   
7. Are any of my heart disease symptoms indicative of the potential for VF?
   
   
8. My spouse had a case of VF and survived. Should we buy a home version of an automatic external defibrillator?
   
   
9. What are the chances that a person who experienced one VF attack will have another?
   
   
10. Does VF run in families? Is there any way to tell if sudden deaths in my family were related to VF?
    
    
11. How common are fibrillation problems with my antiarrhythmia medications?