Heart attack
[...] Over the course of 3 days, they will lower his body temperature, give him time to heal from his massive heart attack, and then raise it back up, eventually bringing him out of a coma when they’re confident that his heart is strong enough.
This is, we’re told, a procedure developed first to prevent neurological damage in stroke patients. Several hospitals around the country have started using it for cardiac patients as well.
[...] My dad died. He went to the other side for 11 minutes and then lingered in Hades’ antechamber for three full days. Mark Roth, or a scientist like him, saved my father’s life. We make zombie jokes with him too. You cannot imagine how grateful I am to hear him laugh at them. Complete story
Nuova procedura per le vittime di infarto: abbassare il metabolismo facendo circolare il sangue in un’apparecchiatura refrigerante, per non affaticare il cuore indebolito mentre l’organismo si riprende e, soprattutto, per prevenire danni neurologici.