Heart Arrest
"King of Pop" Michael Jackson has died of a heart problem known as cardiac arrest, leading many to wonder about the causes of this condition and how differs from a heart attack. According to experts, the heart actually stops beating and quivers with uncoordinated contractions during cardiac arrest, rather than suffering a reduction in the blood flow as in a heart attack. Unless a defibrillator is used to shock the heart back into a normal rhythm, the person who suffers cardiac arrest is sure to...
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