Posted on 03/08/2012 1:38:00 PM PST by Windflier
Heart Attack = Sudden occlusion of coronary artery which starts the process of myocardial infarction i.e. death of some amount of heart muscle.
Cardiac Arrest = Basically an electrical event in the heart where the heart changes electrically from a coordinated, normal heart rhythm (lub-dub, lub-dub, if you will) to an abnormal rhythm the most dangerous of which is ventricular fibrillation where the heart quivers like a bowl of jello in a fast moving car.
The first may or may not be fatal, but often is not. The second is basically always fatal unless rapid intervention is undertaken.
To make matters somewhat more confusing, “heart attack” can (and not infrequently does) cause “cardiac arrest”.
Many folks have seen films of either refs or even in some cases players crumple on the basketball court for example. I know I have. There are scenarios where the heart just stops productive activity - just like that. If that happens your life expectancy is measured in minutes and your moments of consciousness in seconds.
This needs to be kicked around some more on this website.
There is an excellent chance that Andrew was murdered to keep him from releasing more damning information about the lousy traitorous dog in the White Hut!
This is just too much of a coincidence and, it would seem, that our leftist media is complicit in keeping the lid and the investigators from digging.
"In politics nothing happens 'by chance.' If something happens, then you can bet that it was planned that way." -Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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