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…out of 100 cases had full recovery. More recent studies has reported mortality rates reaching 4%. ECG in takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome) 80% of…

…that the efficacy of these interventions is much lower or uncertain. Indeed, the greatest opportunities for survival exist during the first few minutes from collapse…

…Deasy C, Bray J, Smith K, et al. Hanging Associated out of hospital cardiac arrests in Melbourne, Australia. Emerg Med 2013; 30:3842. Luna GK…