heart stoppage
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Experts have said Hamlin’s condition has the hallmarks of commotio cordis, a rare phenomenon in which a sudden blunt impact to the chest can cause heart stoppage and death.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2023
By the Gaievskaya theory, when heart stoppage cuts off the blood supply, the brain can no longer get oxygen to burn sugar for its energy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The aim: to shed light on sudden heart stoppage.
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Peyton gave no outward sign of the momentary heart stoppage he felt within.
From The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 by Stephens, Robert Neilson