Gino Marcantonio, 41, collapsed from a heart attack at his mother's house in Plainville, Connecticut, on January 21. Thanks to the swift actions of his stepfather, Rich Lagueux, and the advanced ECMO technology, he survived a rare heart attack known as spontaneous coronary artery dissection. Advertisment Heroic Efforts and Innovative Technology lagueux immediately started CPR upon finding him unresponsive. Once at the Hospital of