noun

• A condition in which the heart ceases to beat.

  ‘She developed asystole, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed for 20 minutes.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘This was no easy arrest to manage, as the heart rhythm alternated between ventricular fibrillation and asystole.’
  • ‘A proportion of patients are unsuitable for defibrillation because their initial arrhythmia is asystole or pulseless electrical activity.’
  • ‘Some patients have asystole from the onset of arrest and are unsuitable for defibrillation by the ambulance crew or bystanders.’
  • ‘They administered defibrillatory shocks, and after a period of asystole, the patient's heart returned to sinus rhythm.’
  • ‘The patient developed cardiac arrest and asystole.’