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Meaning of ASYSTOLE

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  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: cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest
 
 See Also: pathology

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\A*sys"to*le\, n. [Pref. a- not + systole.] (Physiol.)
A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the
heart.
 
Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: Cessation of electrical activity of the heart - a necessary transitional stage betweenventricular fibrillation and the establishment of a viable rhythm.
 

 

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