Patient’s heart stopped for 40 mins in life-saving aortic surgery | Lucknow News
Lucknow: To fix a massive tear in the aorta, doctors at a city hospital lowered the body temperature of a 27-year-old patient to 18 degrees Celsius, which stopped his heartbeat and brought his blood flow to a complete halt — a near-death situation that gave them a 40-minute window to carry out repairs. The rare…