Heart Arrest

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.

Year introduced: ASYSTOLE was see under ARRHYTHMIA 1969-1990

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Tree Number(s): C14.280.383

MeSH Unique ID: D006323

Entry Terms:

• Arrest, Heart
• Cardiac Arrest
• Arrest, Cardiac
• Asystole
• Asystoles
• Cardiopulmonary Arrest
• Arrest, Cardiopulmonary

See Also:

• Heart Arrest, Induced
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

All MeSH Categories
Diseases Category
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Diseases
Heart Arrest
Death, Sudden, Cardiac
Karoshi Death
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest