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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.

Related Topics:
EKG - Asystole - EEG - Brain death - Death

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The title of the 1990 movie Flatliners refers to its characters' experiments with this state.

Related Topics:
1990 - Movie - Flatliners

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