num_pages: 368
description: Documents the story of the first human heart transplant and the competition between four top surgeons to master the necessary techniques to make heart transplants possible, in an account that describes the difficult challenges that were faced by each doctor. 40,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Every Second Counts: The Race to Transplant the First Human Heart
titlecomplete: Every Second Counts: The Race to Transplant the First Human Heart
genres: Historical, Medical, History, Science, Medicine, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 216
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons