Ficha asystole

Área de especialidad: Ciencias Biológicas, Químicas y de la Salud
Disciplina: Biología
 Temática: Fisiología

 Definición
A dire form of cardiac arrest in which the heart stops beating and there is no electrical activity in the heart.

 Fuente / Autor
Conrad, M. (29 de marzo de 2021). Medical Definition of Asystole. MedicineNet. https://www.medicinenet.com/asystole/definition.htm

 Contexto del término
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for affective and schizoaffective disorders [l]. With present drug modifications and brief pulse stimulation, there has been a minimization of side effects and risks [2]. Although cardiovascular symptoms (bradycardia, brief asystole, tachycardia, hypertension, arrhythmias) are not uncommon as part of the normal physiology of ECT, the incidence is greater in the geriatric population (9%), and especially in the population with pre-existing cardiac disease and/or associated risk factors (70%) [3-71. Pharmacologic intervention is not commonly necessary, except in the latter group. Prolonged asystole secondary to ECT is an extremely rare phenomenon. Cardiac mortality is even rarer [8-111. Prolonged asystole following the administration of labetalol is described in this case together with a discussion of cardiac mechanisms.

 Fuente / Autor
Kaufman, K. (1994). Asystole with electroconvulsive therapy. En Journal of Internal Medicine (Vol. 235, Issue 3, pp. 275–277). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2796.1994.tb01072.