Balloon technique may help improve circulation to heart and brain during cardiac arrest

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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 late-breaking science presented Saturday at the American Heart Association's Resuscitation Science Symposium 2026 in…

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