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
The aim: to shed light on sudden heart stoppage.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
