31.   Then the heart is stopped, and the surgeon performs the bypass through an opening between the ribs.

32.   This was followed by pancuronium bromide, which stopped his breathing, and finally by potassium chloride, which stopped his heart.

33.   Up until now, patients who went in for a bypass operation would be given a drug to slow and eventually stop their heart from beating.

34.   While heart attacks are caused by blocked blood flow to the heart, sudden cardiac arrest is usually caused by an electrical disturbance that stops the heart.

35.   He died that evening at Luther Hospital of cardiac arrhythmia that eventually stopped his heart, Eau Claire County Deputy Medical Examiner John Foystad said.

36.   His heart was stopped when paramedics arrived, and attempts to revive him at the scene and at a nearby hospital failed.

37.   In traditional bypass surgery, the heart is stopped and the patient is hooked to a machine that keeps blood circulating through the body.

38.   Some women stop hearts.

39.   The final injection is potassium chloride, which stops the heart.

40.   The research found that mental decline also occurred in bypass patients who had been put on a newer device that does not require stopping the heart.