How to Use cardiopulmonary in a Sentence

cardiopulmonary

adjective
  • The cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest -- Floyd's heart and lungs stopped.
    — Ray Sanchez, Eric Levenson and Aaron Cooper, CNN, 16 Apr. 2021
  • His wife, Rachel Klein, said the cause was cardiopulmonary arrest.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The Lenny actress died from acute cardiopulmonary arrest.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The cause was cardiopulmonary arrest, said a son-in-law, Bruce Martin.
    — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The real question would be what the doctors believe to be the cause of said cardiopulmonary arrest.
    — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 16 June 2017
  • The cause was cardiopulmonary arrest, said a son, Daniel Kusrow.
    — Washington Post, 18 July 2017
  • Zoe Kamitses, a longtime friend, said the cause was cardiopulmonary arrest.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The cause was cardiopulmonary arrest, his wife, Lisa Maxwell, said.
    — Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Cardiopulmonary arrest means the heart just stops beating, unlike a heart attack, the website said.
    — Tony Hicks, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2017
  • The cause was cardiopulmonary arrest, according to a statement on his website.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2021
  • His official website listed the cause of death as cardiopulmonary arrest.
    — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The cause was cardiopulmonary dysfunction, said a son, Paul Meyers.
    — Washington Post, 6 May 2018
  • The cause was cardiopulmonary failure, said a daughter, Susan Baumel.
    — Staff Reports, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2017
  • First responders found Martinez in cardiopulmonary arrest and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
    — Alejandro Serrano, SFChronicle.com, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Goodall died of cardiac arrest, also known as cardiopulmonary arrest, her death certificate states.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In around 25 percent of cases, the patient has to go on cardiopulmonary bypass, a machine that helps the heart handle the stress.
    — Caitlin Dwyer, Longreads, 25 July 2019
  • His wife, Arabella Chavers Julien, said the cause was cardiopulmonary arrest.
    — New York Times, 12 Jan. 2022
  • This results in cardiopulmonary collapse, which is oftentimes not reversible or treatable.
    — Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Sep. 2021
  • The cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest, according to The New York Times.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2022
  • According to a death certificate, Goodall’s cause of death is listed as cardiopulmonary arrest.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • One large vein and one large artery are connected by tubes to a cardiopulmonary-bypass machine; a third tube washes the organ with a heart-stopping fluid.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The Salt Lake Tribune reports the surgery required a cardiopulmonary bypass.
    — Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 22 July 2019
  • Bystanders pulled him out and gave him cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but he was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
    — Susan Jacobson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 17 July 2017
  • Instead, the death was deemed a homicide due to cardiopulmonary arrest resulting from neck compression and restraint with a Taser.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Theodorakis died on Thursday, the result of cardiopulmonary arrest, according to a statement on his website.
    — Jolie Lash, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The cause was cardiopulmonary arrest following a severe case of pneumonia, said a son, Zubaid Ahmad.
    — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The cause was pneumonia and cardiopulmonary arrest, said a daughter, Patricia Moore.
    — Washington Post, 13 July 2018
  • For the cardiopulmonary resuscitation itself, a human would still be needed to perform the actual act.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 28 July 2017
  • Her sister, Janine Dabney-Battle, said the cause was cardiopulmonary arrest.
    — Claudia Bauer, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The county Medical Examiner ruled the death was a homicide caused by cardiopulmonary arrest while in a prone restraint.
    — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2021

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