{"id":3696,"date":"2010-01-23T12:34:57","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T12:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiophile.org\/?p=3696"},"modified":"2023-11-15T06:06:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T00:36:04","slug":"ventricular-asystole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/ventricular-asystole\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventricular asystole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/13lauUw1L6s?si=Oe6iLXzJhOExjJKT\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Ventricular asystole<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ventricular asystole is manifested as total absence of electrical activity on the electrocardiogram and the person is in cardiac arrest. It is fatal unless immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation is instituted and a stable rhythm obtained. It is worth remembering that occasionally fine ventricular fibrillation may appear like asystole on a single monitoring lead because the axis of the fibrillation is perpendicular to the lead being monitored. 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