Open heart
Subtitle: a cardiac surgeon's stories of life and death on the operating table
By: Stephen Westaby
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780465094837
Subjects: Heart; Surgery; Heart surgeons; Biography; Anecdotes
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Prologue
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: The Ether Dome
pagenum: 7; label: 2
title: Humble Beginnings
pagenum: 17; label: 3
title: Lord Brock's Boots
pagenum: 27; label: 4
title: Township Boy
pagenum: 37; label: 5
title: The Girl with No Name
pagenum: 51; label: 6
title: The Man with Two Hearts
pagenum: 75; label: 7
title: Saving Julie's Heart
pagenum: 97; label: 8
title: The Black Banana
pagenum: 115; label: 9
title: Domino Heart
pagenum: 135; label: 10
title: Life on a Battery
pagenum: 153; label: 11
title: Anna's Story
pagenum: 173; label: 12
title: Mr. Clarke
pagenum: 193; label: 13
title: Adrenaline Rush
pagenum: 201; label: 14
title: Despair
pagenum: 217; label: 15
title: Double Jeopardy
pagenum: 229; label: 16
title: Your Life in Their Hands
pagenum: 243; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 257; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 263; title: Glossary
pagenum: 269; title: Index
pagenum: 277