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Can Someone Live After Their Heart Stopped Beating For 15 Minutes ?

Can someone live after their heart stopped beaTING for 15 minutes? Can someone live after their heart stopped beaTING for 15 minutes?
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One of Britain's top cardiologists (now retired) told me that he has personally resuscitated people whose hearts had stopped for forty minutes, who subsequently walked out of the hospital.
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Can Someone Live After Their Heart Stopped Beating For 15 Minutes ?

One of Britain s top cardiologists (now retired) told me that he has personally resuscitated people whose hearts had stopped for forty minutes, who subsequently walked out of the hospital.