CARDIAC ARREST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

asystole; cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary arrest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cardiac arrest" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

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Cardiac arrest should be used to signify an event as described above that is reversed, usually by CPR, and/or defibrillation or cardioversion, or cardiac pacing.

(Cardiac Arrest, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) occurs when the heart develops an arrhythmia that causes it to stop beating.

(Cardiac Arrest, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Cardiac arrest which occurs before a percutaneous coronary intervention can take place.

(Cardiac Arrest Prior to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

It causes arrhythmogenic right ventricle cardiomyopathy (ARVC), which is a genetic disorder that predisposes patients to cardiac arrest and is a major cause of unexpected death in seemingly healthy young people.

(Gene Causes Sudden Death in Young People, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A method of euthanization whereby a subject is anesthetized and potassium chloride is administered intravenously to induce cardiac arrest.

(Anesthesia and Intravenous Potassium Chloride Euthanasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Acute hypotension or cardiac arrest, acute hypoxia or coagulopathy in the absence of any other potential explanation related to the presence of amniotic fluid or the fetal debris within the maternal vascular system during the antepartum or intrapartum period.

(Amniotic Fluid Embolism, NCI Thesaurus)

[Sudden] cardiac arrest is the sudden cessation of cardiac activity so that the victim typically becomes unresponsive, with no normal breathing and no signs of circulation.

(History of Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest, NCI Thesaurus)

Cardiac arrest which occurs in the hospital setting.

(In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, NCI Thesaurus)

Cardiac arrest is the non-fatal, sudden cessation of cardiac activity so that the victim subject/patient becomes unresponsive, with no normal breathing and no signs of circulation.