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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.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [2017]

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  617.4 WESTABY    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  617.412 WESTABY    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  617.412 WES    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  617.412 WES    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO WESTABY    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  617.412 WES    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  617.412 WES    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  617.412 WES    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  617.412 WESTABY    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  616.12 WE    Check Shelf
Description x, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note 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. Clarke -- Adrenaline rush -- Despair -- 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 Westaby, Stephen.
Heart -- Surgery -- Anecdotes.
Heart surgeons -- United States -- Biography.
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
Personal Narratives. (DNLM)D062210
Other Form: Online version: Westaby, Stephen, author. Open heart New York : Basic Books, [2017] 9780465094844 (DLC) 2016059363
ISBN 9780465094837 (hardcover)
046509483X (hardcover)
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