print email comment close MedlinePlus: Cardiac Arrest URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cardiacarrest.html Description: Material about cardiac arrest (also called sudden cardiac death). "Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when the heart develops an arrhythmia that causes it to stop beating. This is different than a heart attack, where the heart usually continues to beat but blood flow to the heart is blocked." Includes links to material about treatment, research, statistics, and more. From the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Publisher: National Library of Medicine (NLM); National Institutes of Health (NIH) LII Database Information: Record 26351 created by Maria Brandt on 06/23/2008 Last modification on 06/23/2008 Published: 06/26/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26351