cardiopulmonary arrest

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cardiopulmonary arrest - 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

asystole, cardiac arrest

pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition

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