Download King of Hearts: The True Story of the Maverick Who Pioneered Open Heart Surgery AudioBook Free
Few of the great stories of medicine are as palpably dramatic as the invention of open-heart surgery, yet, as yet, no journalist has ever brought all the thrilling specifics of this triumph to life.
This is the storyline of the surgeon many call the father of open-heart surgery, Dr. C. Walton Lillehei, who, along with colleagues at University Hospital in Minneapolis and a little band of pioneers elsewhere, accomplished what many experts considered to be an impossible feat: He opened the heart, repaired fatal defects, and made the miraculous routine.
Acclaimed author G. Wayne Miller draws on archival research and exclusive interviews with Lillehei and legendary pioneers such as Michael DeBakey and Christiaan Barnard, taking readers in to the lives of these doctors and their patients as they progress toward their landmark achievement. Inside the tradition of works by Richard Rhodes and Tracy Kidder, King of Hearts tells the storyline of an important and gripping little bit of forgotten science history.
From the Hardcover edition.
