asystole

(əˈsɪstəlɪ)

(Pathology) pathol the absence of heartbeat; cardiac arrest

asystolic adj

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Noun

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

cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest

pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition

Translations

asistolia

a·sys·to·le

, asystolia

n. asístole, asistolia, fallo cardíaco, paro cardíaco ausencia de contracciones cardíacas.

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asystole

n asistolia

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The Symbio CS1201 Simulator (Symbio Corporation, Beaverton, OR, USA) was used as a rhythm generator, and asystole was the rhythm provided for each simulation.

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Mr Hinchcliffe, who works for the ambulance service as an emergency medical technician, said Mr Long told him the rhythm was asystole, which is the most serious form of cardiac arrest.

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