Research
Balloon technique may help improve circulation to heart and brain during cardiac arrest
The Brief
- A balloon inflated in the body's largest artery (the aorta) is being studied to temporarily send more blood to the heart and brain during cardiac arrest.
- The reported survival chance for people who suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is about 1 in 10.
- The findings are described as new, independent, and preliminary.
Why it matters
Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is low, so a technique that improves blood flow to the heart and brain during arrest could matter for emergency medicine if later studies confirm it.
Who’s affected
- emergency medicine clinicians
- paramedics and resuscitation teams
- researchers in cardiac arrest care
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A procedure to inflate a balloon in the body's largest artery to temporarily send more blood to the heart and brain may help improve the low chance of survival (1 in 10) for people who experience cardiac arrest outside of the hospital, according to new, independent, preliminary…
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Medical Xpress reports on preliminary, independent research on aortic balloon technique during cardiac arrest
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Balloon technique may help improve circulation to heart and brain during cardiac arrest