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To: ccmay

You mean that the heart is stopped?


10 posted on 02/05/2011 1:59:29 PM PST by Chickensoup (“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a human face — forever.” Orwell)
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To: Chickensoup
You mean that the heart is stopped?

No, not at all. I mean that blood flow to the brain has ceased because there is so much intracranial swelling and pressure and vasospasm (constriction of the blood vessels).

One never recovers from an interruption of blood flow to the brain of more than a few minutes.

28 posted on 02/07/2011 7:03:46 AM PST by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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