Is Asystole an Arrhythmia?

Asystole occurs when no electrical activity of the heart is seen. This may be a fatal arrhythmia when it occurs related to a severe underlying illness (septic shock, cardiogenic shock, post-PEA arrest). Emergent implementation of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is crucial in this situation.

Is asystole a ventricular arrhythmia?

Asystole is caused by a glitch in your heart's electrical system. You can get a ventricular arrhythmia when the signals are off. That's when your lower chambers don't beat the right way. So your heart can't pump blood to the rest of your body.

Is asystole a rhythm?

Survival rates in a cardiac arrest patient with asystole are much lower than a patient with a rhythm amenable to defibrillation; asystole is itself not a "shockable" rhythm.