Flatline
The term flatline is usually used to describe an electrical measurement that shows no activity and therefore when represented, shows a flat line instead of a moving one. It almost always refers to either a flatlined EKG, or asystole, in which the heart shows no electrical activity, or to a flat EEG, in which the brain shows no electrical activity. (see also: Brain death.) Both of those specific cases are involved in various definitions of death. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The title of the 1990 movie Flatliners refers to its characters' experiments with this state. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
EKG: EKG may mean:... Asystole: In medicine, asystole is a state of no cardiac electrical activity, hence no contractions of the myocardium and no cardiac output or blood flow. Asystole is one of the conditions required for a medical practitioner to certify death.... EEG: EEG can mean:... | ~ Table of Content ~
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