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                                    Answer» What is Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support mean?  Advanced cardiac life support, or advanced cardiovascular life support, often referred to by its acronym, "ACLS", refers to a set of clinical algorithms for the urgent treatment of cardiac arrest, stroke, myocardial infarction (also known as a heart attack), and other life-threatening cardiovascular emergencies. Outside North America, Advanced Life Support (ALS) is used.  reference 
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