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What are the names of conditions where your heart just randomly stops for a period of time?
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Heart stops: Arrhythmia, heart block, conduction defect, etc... These are some of the names that can be used when the heart does not beat normally or scape some beats, when the heart completely stop this is called "asystole" some arrhythmia has specific names such as " artrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, multifocal atrial tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation etc...".
Answered 5/6/2013
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