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Cardiac arrest (also known as sudden cardiac arrest [SCA] [11]) is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. [12] [1] When the heart stops beating, blood cannot properly circulate around the body and the blood flow to the brain and other organs is decreased.
Most tissues and organs of the body can survive clinical death for considerable periods. Blood circulation can be stopped in the entire body below the heart for at least 30 minutes, with injury to the spinal cord being a limiting factor. [4] Detached limbs may be successfully reattached after 6 hours of no blood circulation at warm temperatures.
Lazarus syndrome (the Lazarus heart), also known as autoresuscitation after failed cardiopulmonary resuscitation, [1] is the spontaneous return of a normal cardiac rhythm after failed attempts at resuscitation. It is also used to refer to the spontaneous return of cardiac activity after the patient has been pronounced dead. [2]
Greer, a retired pediatrician in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, had asystole, a failure of the heart’s electrical system which causes the heart to stop pumping, or flat-line. That was 10 years ago.
According to cardiologist Dr. Siyab Panhwar, “cardiac arrest refers to when the heart suddenly stops beating and comes to a standstill. This is often accompanied by loss of breathing and loss of ...
A stunt performer at Universal Studios Hollywood's "Waterworld" attraction — photographed in 2014 — suffered cardiac arrest Monday during a live-action show. (Dan Porges / Getty Images)
Once the procedure on the heart vessels (coronary artery bypass grafting) or inside the heart such as valve replacement or correction of congenital heart defect, etc. is over, the cross-clamp is removed and the isolation of the heart is terminated, so normal blood supply to the heart is restored and the heart starts beating again.
The country singer, 53, was rushed to the hospital on the evening of Thursday, April 4, after suffering a heart attack shortly after performing at Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row in Gilbert, Ariz.