(Source: American Heart Association) Study Highlights Lowering the body's temperature in cardiac arrest patients with 'non-shockable' heart rhythms increases survival and brain function. Patients who received the treatment were about three times more likely to survive cardiac arrest and have better neurological function compared to those who did not receive it. Embargoed until 3 p.m. CT / 4 p.m. ET, Monday, Nov. 16, 2015 DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 16, 2015 - Lowering the body's temperature of cardiac arrest patients with 'non-shockable' heart rhythms increases survival rates and brain function, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation. Therapeutic...
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