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Asystole (New Latin, from Gr****
privative a "not, without" + systolē "contraction") is the
absence of
ventricular contractions in the
context of a lethal...
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Ictal asystole is a rare
occurrence for
patients that have
temporal lobe epilepsy. It can
often be
identified by loss of
muscle tone or the
presence of...
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heart is able to re-establish
normal sinus rhythm. A
heart which is in
asystole (flatline)
cannot be
restarted by a defibrillator; it
would be treated...
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flatlined electrocardiogram,
where the
heart shows no
electrical activity (
asystole), or to a flat electroencephalogram, in
which the
brain shows no electrical...
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cardiac arrest include pulseless electrical activity, bradycardia, and
asystole.
These rhythms are seen when
there is
prolonged cardiac arrest, progression...
- In medicine, an
agonal heart rhythm is a
variant of
asystole.
Agonal heart rhythm is
usually ventricular in origin.
Occasional P
waves and QRS complexes...
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organised or semi-organised
electrical activity in the
heart as
opposed to
asystole (flatline) or to the
disorganised electrical activity of
either ventricular...
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cardiovert an
abnormal rhythm, it is
normal for the
heart to
enter ventricular asystole for a few seconds. This can be
disconcerting to a
normally conscious patient...
- Such
arrhythmias are
defined as
ictal arrhythmias and
include the
ictal asystole,
which is a rare
occurrence mostly in
people that have
temporal lobe epilepsy...
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lightning strike.
Initial symptoms may
include heart asystole and
respiratory arrest.
While the
asystole may
spontaneously resolve fairly rapidly, the respiratory...
