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Descriptor English: Heart Arrest
Descriptor Spanish: Paro Cardíaco
Descriptor paro cardíaco
Entry term(s) asistolia
parada cardiopulmonar
parada cardiorrespiratoria
parada cardíaca
paro cardiopulmonar
paro cardiorrespiratorio
parálisis cardíaca
Scope note: Cese del latido cardíaco.
Descriptor Portuguese: Parada Cardíaca
Descriptor French: Arrêt cardiaque
Entry term(s): Arrest, Cardiac
Arrest, Cardiopulmonary
Arrest, Heart
Asystole
Asystoles
Cardiac Arrest
Cardiopulmonary Arrest
Tree number(s): C14.280.383
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006323
Scope note: Cessation of heart beat or MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION. If it is treated within a few minutes, heart arrest can be reversed in most cases to normal cardiac rhythm and effective circulation.
Annotation: do not confuse with CARDIAC ARREST, SUDDEN see DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: ASYSTOLE was see under ARRHYTHMIA 1969-90
Online Note: use HEART ARREST to search ASYSTOLE 1969-74
History Note: ASYSTOLE was see under ARRHYTHMIA 1969-90
Related: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation MeSH
Heart Arrest, Induced MeSH
DeCS ID: 6475
Unique ID: D006323
NLM Classification: WG 214
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Heart Arrest - Preferred
Concept UI M0009938
Scope note Cessation of heart beat or MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION. If it is treated within a few minutes, heart arrest can be reversed in most cases to normal cardiac rhythm and effective circulation.
Preferred term Heart Arrest
Entry term(s) Arrest, Cardiac
Arrest, Heart
Asystole
Asystoles
Cardiac Arrest
Cardiopulmonary Arrest - Broader
Concept UI M0009939
Preferred term Cardiopulmonary Arrest
Entry term(s) Arrest, Cardiopulmonary



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