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A long tube-like device with a small balloon on the end that can be threaded through an artery. Used in angioplasty or valvuloplasty

A mechanical device designed to compress the chest (and thereby the heart) rhythmically, with the airm of maintaining the circulation during cardiac arrest. It is more efficient that manual chest compressions and has the advantage of allowing percutaneous coronary intervention to be performed without interuption of chest compressons

A type of external defibrillator that can analyse the heart rhythm it detects and advise via voice prompts on therapy to be given according to the latest guidelines. In cases of ventricular fibrillation, some defibrillators will make decisions on delivering electric shocks and do so after issuing appropriate warnings to attending health care professionals