Cardiac arrest
Cardiac arrest: Introduction
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. ...more »
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Misdiagnosis and Cardiac arrest
Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss,
there are varying degrees of severity.
It is altogether too common for...read more »
Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also
many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder.
Some of the conditions which may be causes of...read more »
Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations
and rapid heartbeat.
In rare cases, this...read more »
Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed,
leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed.
People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack,
whereas there are...read more »
Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue
with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure.
The ...read more »
Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often
misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children.
Some of the symptoms of hypertension that can be...read more »
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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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