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cardiac arrest

noun

, Pathology.

cardiac arrest

failure of the pumping action of the heart, resulting in loss of consciousness and absence of pulse and breathing: a medical emergency requiring immediate resuscitative treatment

cardiac arrest

First recorded in 1955–60

A woman, sixty-eight, suffers a heart attack and goes into prolonged cardiac arrest.

But there are reports which say cannabis can be considered as a cause of death because it can induce a cardiac arrest.

She suffered cardiac arrest before the surgery and was put into a medically induced coma to aid her recovery.

He admitted himself for testing and, while in the hospital, went into full cardiac arrest.

James Gandolfini suddenly died Wednesday of a cardiac arrest at the age of 51.

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