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asystole: absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death
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| cardiac arrest |
When the heart stops beating suddenly and respiration (breathing) and other body functions stop as a result.
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| cardiac arrest |
Cessation of the pumping activity of the heart resulting in failure of circulation of the blood throughout the body.
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| cardiac arrest |
the stopping of heartbeat.
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| cardiac arrest |
A heart attack, in which the heart suddenly stops pumping sufficient blood.
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