asystole
[a-sis´to-le] cardiac standstill or arrest; absence of heartbeat. adj., adj asystol´ic.
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a·sys·to·le
(ā-sis'tō-lē), [G. a- priv, + systolē, a contracting]
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asystole
Cardiac standstill; cardiac arrest; heartbeatlessness; cor sans systoleMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
a·sys·to·le
(ā-sistō-lē) [G. a- priv, + systolē, a contracting]
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asystole
The form of CARDIAC ARREST in which there is no heart beat and the electrocardiogram tracing is straight. This is in contrast with the other form, ventricular fibrillation, in which the heart muscle is twitching rapidly.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
a·sys·to·le
, asystolia (ā-sistō-lē, -sis-tōlē-ă) Absence of contractions of the heart.
[G. a- priv, + systolē, a contracting]
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Patient discussion about asystole
Q. WHAT IS CARDIAC ARREST why do people have IT?
A. cardiac arrest is when the heart stops pumping blood. stops working. it can happen in a few cases:
1) it doesn't get oxygen and there for a part of it dies and make the whole heart stopping- heart attack.
2) in electric shock it may cause the electric pulse that generate movement in the heart to stop.
3)from harsh septic shock.
4) from any shock actually :).
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