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Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Heart Arrest

Preferred term

Heart Arrest  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Arrest, Cardiac
  • Asystole
  • Asystoles
  • Cardiac Arrest

Note

  • do not confuse with CARDIAC ARREST, SUDDEN see DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC

Scope note

  • Cessation of heart beat or MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION. If it is treated within a few minutes, heart arrest can be reversed in most cases to normal cardiac rhythm and effective circulation.

History note

  • ASYSTOLE was see under ARRHYTHMIA 1969-90

In other languages

  • sydämenpysähdys

    Finnish

  • asystole
  • asystolia
  • asystolia non specificata
  • hjärtstillestånd
  • määrittämätön sydämenpysähdys
  • ospecificerat hjärtstillestånd
  • sydänpysähdys
  • Hjärtstopp

    Swedish

  • Asystoli
  • Hjärt- lungstopp
  • Hjärtstillestånd

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006323

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