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Detailed Synonyms for cardiopulmonary arrest in English
cardiopulmonary arrest:
cardiopulmonary arrest [the ~] nom
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the cardiopulmonary arrest
– 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 1the cardiac arrest; the asystole; the cardiopulmonary arrest– 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 1