cardiac arrest
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cardiac arrest

Sudden cessation of heartbeat and cardiac function, resulting in the loss of effective circulation.

cardiac arrest

(Medicine) failure of the pumping action of the heart, resulting in loss of consciousness and absence of pulse and breathing: a medical emergency requiring immediate resuscitative treatment

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cardiac 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, cardiopulmonary arrest

pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition

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cardiac arrest

n → Herzstillstand m

cardiac arrest n (Med) → arresto cardiaco

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cardiac arrest (redirected from Sudden cardiac arrest)

cardiac arrest
(redirected from Sudden cardiac arrest)