#cardiac

Return of Spontaneous Circulation — the pulse came back.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support; the cardiac arrest protocol.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; chest compressions and rescue breaths.

Ventricular tachycardia; a fast, dangerous rhythm.

Dyspnea on exertion; breathlessness with activity.

Congestive heart failure.

A man who dies of a heart attack while shoveling snow

The unstable period just before or after cardiac arrest.

Atrial fibrillation; an irregular, rapid heart rhythm.

Myocardial infarction; a heart attack.

Cardiac-cath term for advancing the catheter through the coronary

Normal sinus rhythm.

Premature ventricular contraction; an early extra heartbeat.

Too much fluid in the circulation (hypervolaemia)

Electrocardiogram; a tracing of the heart's electrical activity.

Heart rate.

Coronary artery bypass graft; open-heart bypass surgery.

To go into cardiac or respiratory arrest.

Jugular venous distension; bulging neck veins.