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Author Westaby, Stephen, author.

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

Publisher New York : Basic Books, [2017]

ISBN 9780465094837 (hardcover)
046509483X (hardcover)



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 Heatherdowns Branch Adult  617.412 Wes    AVAILABLE  ---
 Kent Branch Adult  617.412 Wes    AVAILABLE  ---
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Description 287 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Note(S) 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 -- Double jeopardy -- Your life in their hands.
Summary 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.
Subject(S) Heart -- Surgery -- Anecdotes.
Heart surgeons -- United States -- Biography.
Anecdotes.
Biographies.
Added Title Cardiac surgeon's stories of life and death on the operating table
ISBN 9780465094837 (hardcover)
046509483X (hardcover)