"Some strangulation victims die from vagal inhibition, which means heart stoppage caused by pressure on the carotid arteries in the neck."

Besides, we'd have to do a wide stun at pretty good strength here to have any crack at them and there's always a chance of heart stoppage with that.

Once heart stoppage meant death.

Nearly all have been given to people who have survived one episode of cardiac arrest or extremely rapid heartbeat, which frequently precedes heart stoppage.

"It is the most common sudden heart stoppage," Dr. James Nicholas, the noted orthopedist, said at that time.

I've always taken these sudden heart stoppages as some kind of personal insult.

I dislike lingering illnesses even more than I hate those sudden heart stoppages.

He died on December 3, 2003 at age 64, of heart stoppage while on his way to a routine photography appointment in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City.

Magee had been suffering from colitis, which led to internal bleeding and heart stoppage.

Cause of death was later determined to be heart stoppage due to an overdose of tar heroin.