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Heart : an American medical odyssey
- Title
- Heart : an American medical odyssey / Dick Cheney and Jonathan Reiner, M.D., with Liz Cheney.
- Author
- Cheney, Richard B.
- Publication
- New York : Scribner, 2013.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 13-8623 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- vii, 344 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm
- Summary
- "For as long as he has served at the highest levels of business and government, Vice President Dick Cheney has also been one of the world's most prominent heart patients. Now, for the first time ever, Cheney, together with his longtime cardiologist Jonathan Reiner, MD, shares the very personal story of his courageous thirty-five-year battle with heart disease, from his first heart attack in 1978 to the heart transplant he received in 2012. In 1978, when Cheney suffered his first heart attack, he received essentially the same treatment as President Eisenhower had in 1955. Since then, cardiac medicine has evolved in extraordinary ways, and Cheney has benefited from nearly every medical and technological breakthrough along the way. At each juncture, when Cheney faced a new health challenge, the technology was one step ahead of his disease. In many ways, Cheney's story is the story of the evolution of modern cardiac care. Heart is the riveting, singular memoir of both doctor and patient, tracking their relationship as it unfolds over many years and crises. Like no US politician has before him, Cheney opens up about his health struggles, sharing harrowing, never-before-told stories about the challenges he faced during a perilous time in our nation's history. Dr. Reiner provides his perspective on Cheney's case and also gives readers a fascinating glimpse into his own education as a doctor. He masterfully chronicles the important discoveries, radical innovations, and cutting-edge science that have changed the face of medicine and saved countless lives. Powerfully braiding science with story and the personal with the political, Heart is a sweeping, inspiring, and ultimately optimistic book that will give hope to the millions of Americans affected by heart disease"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-332) and index.
- Contents
- A prime candidate -- Echoes of Ike -- Into the heart -- Cura personalis -- A tale of two drugs -- Bypass -- Post-op -- Fitness to serve -- Recount -- White House calls -- Treating the Vice President -- Slippery slope -- Downhill -- Transplant -- Days of grace.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-8623
- ISBN
- 9781476725390 (hardcover)
- 147672539X (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2013030129
- OCLC
- 854541764
- Author
- Cheney, Richard B.
- Title
- Heart : an American medical odyssey / Dick Cheney and Jonathan Reiner, M.D., with Liz Cheney.
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner, 2013.
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-332) and index.
- Added Author
- Reiner, Jonathan.Cheney, Liz, 1966-
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-8623