Displaying 1 of 1 2017 Format: Book Author: Westaby, Stephen, author. Title: Open heart : a cardiac surgeon's stories of life and death on the operating table / Stephen Westaby. Publisher, Date: New York : Basic Books, [2017] Description: x, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm 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. Subjects: Westaby, Stephen. Heart -- Surgery -- Anecdotes. Heart surgeons -- United States -- Biography. 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 -- Double jeopardy -- Your life in their hands. LCCN: 2016058151 ISBN: 9780465094837 046509483X 9780465094837 046509483X Other Number: 958798479 System Availability: 3 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 3 Control Number: 658855 # Local items in: 3 # System items in: 3 Call Number: 617.412 Westaby Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
