Opening a Heart: a Heart Surgeon's Story of Life and Death on the Operating Table (new Edition)
by H
About This Novel
"I have handled 12,000 hearts." The author has been practicing cardiac surgery for decades and has outstanding surgical results. This book brings together some classic cases experienced by the author (most of them occurred between the 1970s and 2000s), and also explains the author's mental journey. A poor boy from a working-class family was inspired by the medical documentaries of his childhood and hurt by the death of his relatives, and finally trained himself to become an outstanding cardiac surgeon. He was excited about the success of the interview and wandered the streets of London's riverside. He opened the chest of children with congenital heart disease or severe airway burns. He fought for the anxiety and desire of patients and their families. To fight against the anxiety of the next day's surgery, he went deep into the Saudi desert to admire the night sky. He was decisive in trying his best to repair. Cutting off a dying heart, confronting the medical director to save his life, installing an artificial "battery" heart on a patient "without authorization", and telling cold jokes in the face of crucial surgeries where his life was hanging by a thread... The image of a surgeon with superb skills, full of arrogance and reverence for life is vividly displayed on the page. The top surgical techniques that existed more than ten or even decades ago are also breathtaking. In addition to showing his surgical skills, the author also uses diseases, patients and his own business travels to reveal the various aspects of the world, introduce the scenery and culture around the world, show the sadness and love seen in the eyes of a surgeon, as well as his thoughts on the medical system, ethics and medical education. Readers will gain a lot of feelings and inspiration. It is a masterpiece that combines narrative charm, medical knowledge and miracles.
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