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Is it possible for a person on a ventilator to go into cardiac arrest?
submitted by Laura from Rockmart, Georgia
Answer:
by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, Jaime Benrey, MD
No. It all depends on what caused him to be ventilated. Regards.
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Updated October 2014
