NBCNews.com
Chances of surviving a heart attack even after receiving CPR in a hospital are slight and have not improved in over a decade. UCLA surgeon Dr. Gerald Buckberg is using radical approaches to improve survival, including use of a heart-lung machine while doctors fix the underlying problem causing the cardiac arrest.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/31686155/ns/health-heart_health/t/few-survive-cardiac-arrest-even-cpr/