Look up: asystole

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   asystole
   [n] - absence of systole
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   Asystole
   Asystole: A dire form of cardiac arrest in which the heart stops beating -- there is no systole -- and there is no electrical activity in the heart. The heart is at a total standstill. In the past the asystolic heart usually could not be restarted. However, in 2004 people with asystole were reported to be three times as likely to survive if they ar ...
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   asystole
   Absence of systol,that is,cessation of the blood circulating,with the heart at standstill,not pumping.Electric asystole is absence of electrical activity of the heart on the electrocardiogram Category: Management in the public and private sector
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   Asystole
   A·sys'to·le noun [ Prefix a- not + systole .] (Physiol.) A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart.
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   asystole
   <cardiology> Cardiac standstill or arrest, absence of a heartbeat. ... Synonym: Beau's syndrome. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   asystole
   cardiac arrest noun 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
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   Asystole
   In medicine, `asystole` is a state of no cardiac electrical activity, hence no contractions of the myocardium and no cardiac output or blood flow. Asystole is one of the conditions required for a medical practitioner to certify death. In asystole, the heart will not respond to defibrillation because it is already depolarized, however some emergency physicians advocate a trial of defibrillation in case the rhythm is actually fine ventricular fib...
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   asystole
   (a-sis´to-le) cardiac standstill or arrest; absence of heartbeat. adj., asystol´ic., adj.
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   Asystole
   • (n.) A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart.
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    asystole
    cardiac standstill or arrest; absence of a heartbeat; called also Beau's syndrome.
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    asystole
    asystole, asystolia, asystolic Absence of a heartbeat.
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