Dave was told his heart had stopped for one minute and he was taken to hospital where he received two stents to treat a blockage in his heart.
He said: “It’s been over five years now with no problems. I changed my diet and exercise now.”
The account might seem extraordinary but most experts would not consider it true evidence of life after death.
According to Christof Koch of Scientific American, researchers have found similarities between NDEs and the effects of complex partial seizures.
Researchers have also proposed NDEs are hallucinations triggered by a lack of oxygen flowing to the brain during a moment of trauma, such as a heart attack.
