asystole

Example Sentences

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You could call this “a period of asystole,” or you could say he had “a cardiac arrest.”

From The New Yorker

It showed what in the medical field is called asystole — basically, I had flat-lined.

From Washington Post

I was with him and saw the monitor the minute his heart quit, its rate dropping from 130 beats a minute to 90, 70, 40, 30, asystole.

From Washington Post

"Unless the asystole is from too much potassium," I reply.

From Washington Post

Yes, everyone knows the standard protocol: If there's pulseless flat-lining, it means asystole -- the heart's ventricles aren't contracting -- so start CPR and inject the drugs epinephrine and atropine to stimulate the heart.

From Washington Post