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asystole

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asystole /asys·to·le/ (a-sis´to-le) cardiac standstill or arrest; absence of heartbeat.asystol´ic
a·sys·to·le (-sst-l, -ss-)
n.
The absence of contractions of the heart.

asys·tolic (s-stlk) adj.

asystole
[āsis′təlē]
Etymology: Gk, a + systole, not contraction
a life-threatening cardiac condition characterized by the absence of electrical and mechanical activity in the heart. Clinical signs include apnea and lack of pulse. Without cardiac monitoring, asystole cannot be distinguished from ventricular fibrillation. asystolic, adj.

asystole (āsis´tlē),
n the faulty contraction of the ventricles of the heart, resulting in incomplete or imperfect systole.

asystole
cardiac standstill or arrest; absence of heartbeat.

asystole
Cardiac standstill; cardiac arrest; heartbeatlessness; cor sans systole

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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In the final stages the patient develops complete heart block, VF, and asystole (Rush et al 1999).
This is called asystole (without rhythm) and the person has virtually no chance of resuscitation.
 
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