Open heart : a cardiac surgeon's stories of life and death on the operating table / Stephen Westaby.

Author
Westaby, Stephen [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New York : Basic Books, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
x, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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    Summary note
    A veteran Oxford heart surgeon imparts the hard-won lessons of a life lived on the brink, sharing the stories of remarkable cases from his career while revealing why heart procedures have never become routine.
    Notes
    Includes index.
    Contents
    • The ether dome
    • Humble beginnings
    • Lord Brock's boots
    • Township boy
    • The girl with no name
    • The man with two hearts
    • Saving Julie's heart
    • The black banana
    • Domino heart
    • Life on a battery
    • Anna's story
    • Mr. Clark
    • Adrenaline rush
    • Despair
    • Double jeopardy
    • Your life in their hands.
    ISBN
    • 9780465094837 ((hardcover))
    • 046509483X ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2016058151
    OCLC
    958798479
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