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asystole
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asystole [əˈsɪstəlɪ]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol the absence of heartbeat; cardiac arrest
asystolic  [ˌæsɪsˈtɒlɪk] adj
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Noun1.asystole - absence of systoleasystole - 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
pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition


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Unfortunately, the patient subsequently developed bradycardia, which progressed to asystolic cardiac arrest, and he died in the 3rd hour of admission.
These complaints described one death and two serious injuries; one involved a hypoxic episode resulting in subsequent heart failure and brain damage, and the second involved an asystolic episode requiring resuscitation," the agency wrote.
Two patients who developed prolonged asystolic arrest associated with exercise are described; both demonstrated a positive head-up tilt table response, absence of underlying heart disease, and a history of vagotonia.
 
 
 
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