: temporary or permanent cessation of the heartbeat
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Then Adam fell forward, in sudden cardiac arrest.—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2026 Selena was taken to Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead from blood loss and cardiac arrest.—Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026 Carrington said Ny'Leek died of cardiac arrest Thursday, a little more than a year after surviving a hit-and-run that left him paralyzed from the neck down.—Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026 Our team found that a hospital cyberattack cut the odds of surviving a cardiac arrest without devastating brain damage by nearly 90% at nearby hospitals, not just the one that was attacked.—Jeffrey Tully, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cardiac arrest