asystolen.
/əˈsɪstəliː/ Pathology.
Cessation of the functional contraction of the heart. aˈsystolism n. [= French asystolie (Beau)] see quot.
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syncopec1400
syncopation1547
asystole1870
asystolism1870
cardiac arrest1873
arrest1883
heart block1903
tamponade1932
cardiac1972
1870 S. J. Gee Auscult. & Percuss. xxi. 237 Asystolism..that remarkable group of symptoms which is characteristic of an enduring inability in the right ventricle to empty itself.
1876 G. W. Balfour Dis. Heart iii. 87 Asystole, in which the aortic blood-pressure suddenly falls below that necessary for the maintenance of life, because the left ventricle ceases to act.
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