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Cardiac arrest
Introduction: Cardiac arrest
Although used interchangeably by many people, the terms "cardiac arrest" and "heart attack" are not the same thing. Cardiac arrest is stoppage of the heart. A heart attack can result in cardiac arrest, but not all heart attacks do so (e.g. it may cause chest pain instead). Both cardiac arrest and heart attack need emergency immediate professional medical attention.
Symptoms of Cardiac arrest
- Often preceded by symptoms of heart attack
- Stoppage of the heart
- Collapse
- Loss of consciousness
- Loss of breathing
See full list of 6 symptoms of Cardiac arrest
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Medical Textbooks Online about Cardiac arrest
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis"
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Misdiagnosis and Cardiac arrest
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Causes of Cardiac arrest
- Heart attack
- Suffociation
- Electrocution
- Hypothermia
- Anaphylaxis
See full list of 7 causes of Cardiac arrest
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Definitions of Cardiac arrest:
Cessation of the heart beat. - (Source - Diseases Database)
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 - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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