CARDIAC ARREST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiac arrest mean? 

• CARDIAC ARREST (noun)
  The noun CARDIAC ARREST has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CARDIAC ARREST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDIAC ARREST (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

asystole; cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary arrest

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

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

 Context examples 

An event in the personal medical histroy of cardiac arrest that is reversed, usually by CPR and/or defibrillation or cardioversion, or cardiac pacing.

(History of Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest, NCI Thesaurus)

The date of a cardiac arrest event that was reversed, usually by cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and/or defibrillation or cardioversion, or cardiac pacing.

(Date of Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest, NCI Thesaurus)

The date that a documented cardiac arrest occurred.

(Date of Cardiac Arrest, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of ventricular tachycardia that is associated with syncope and/or cardiac arrest triggered by emotion or exercise in patients whose baseline ECG is normal.

(Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

An ICD can help control life-threatening arrhythmias, especially those that can cause sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).

(Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators, NIH)

Onset of cardiac arrest that occurred after arrival at emergency department or during hospital admission.

(In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, NCI Thesaurus)

This can cause serious complications, including: • Heart failure • Abnormal heart rhythms • Heart valve problems • Sudden cardiac arrest

(Cardiomyopathy, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

An episode of cardiac arrest or arrhythmia where the etiology was unknown.

(Cardiac Arrest/Arrhythmia Etiology Unknown, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Cardiac arrest may be reversed by CPR, and/or defibrillation, cardioversion or cardiac pacing.

(Cardiac Arrest, NCI Thesaurus)

Cardiac arrest that was a result of bradycardia.

(Bradycardia Arrest, NCI Thesaurus)