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215068Open Hearthttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/de04e25d-dd73-3d63-bb20-de58bc59d123/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1697837/ca147ef3-fa12-431d-a41d-ac19f7465d0f.jpg?v=638338706159600000548548MXNHachette AudioInStock/Audiolibros/<p><strong>In gripping prose, one of the worlds leading cardiac surgeons lays bare both the wonder and the horror of a life spent a heartbeat away from death</strong></p><p>When Stephen Westaby witnessed a patient die on the table during open-heart surgery for the first time, he was struck by the quiet, determined way the surgeons walked away. As he soon understood, this detachment is a crucial survival strategy in a profession where death is only a heartbeat away. In <em>Open Heart</em>, Westaby reflects on over 11,000 surgeries, showing us why the procedures have never become routine and will never be. With astonishing compassion, he recounts harrowing and sometimes hopeful stories from his operating room: we meet a pulseless man who lives with an electric heart pump, an expecting mother who refuses surgery unless the doctors let her pregnancy reach full term, and a baby who gets a heart transplant-only to die once its in place.</p><p>For readers of Atul Gawandes <em>Being Mortal</em> and of Henry Marshs <em>Do No Harm</em>, <em>Open Heart</em> offers a soul-baring account of a life spent in constant confrontation with death.</p>...214031Open Heart548548https://www.gandhi.com.mx/de04e25d-dd73-3d63-bb20-de58bc59d123/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1697837/ca147ef3-fa12-431d-a41d-ac19f7465d0f.jpg?v=638338706159600000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20179781478920267_W3siaWQiOiI1NDMwZTliZi1mN2FjLTQ1ZGMtYjEzMS01YTgyN2M2MWVmNWEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjUwMywiZGlzY291bnQiOjAsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6NTAzLCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiV2hvbGVzYWxlIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNC0wNS0yM1QxNzowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlLCJpc0VsaWdpYmxlRm9yQ3JlZGl0VHJpYWwiOnRydWUsImNyZWRpdFB1cmNoYXNlUHJpY2UiOjF9XQ==9781478920267_<p><strong>In gripping prose, one of the world's leading cardiac surgeons lays bare both the wonder and the horror of a life spent a heartbeat away from death</strong></p><p>When Stephen Westaby witnessed a patient die on the table during open-heart surgery for the first time, he was struck by the quiet, determined way the surgeons walked away. As he soon understood, this detachment is a crucial survival strategy in a profession where death is only a heartbeat away. In <em>Open Heart</em>, Westaby reflects on over 11,000 surgeries, showing us why the procedures have never become routine and will never be. With astonishing compassion, he recounts harrowing and sometimes hopeful stories from his operating room: we meet a pulseless man who lives with an electric heart pump, an expecting mother who refuses surgery unless the doctors let her pregnancy reach full term, and a baby who gets a heart transplant-only to die once it's in place.</p><p>For readers of Atul Gawande's <em>Being Mortal</em> and of Henry Marsh's <em>Do No Harm</em>, <em>Open Heart</em> offers a soul-baring account of a life spent in constant confrontation with death.</p>(*_*)9781478920267_<p><strong>In gripping prose, one of the worlds leading cardiac surgeons lays bare both the wonder and the horror of a life spent a heartbeat away from death</strong></p><p>When Stephen Westaby witnessed a patient die on the table during open-heart surgery for the first time, he was struck by the quiet, determined way the surgeons walked away. As he soon understood, this detachment is a crucial survival strategy in a profession where death is only a heartbeat away. In <em>Open Heart</em>, Westaby reflects on over 11,000 surgeries, showing us why the procedures have never become routine and will never be. With astonishing compassion, he recounts harrowing and sometimes hopeful stories from his operating room: we meet a pulseless man who lives with an electric heart pump, an expecting mother who refuses surgery unless the doctors let her pregnancy reach full term, and a baby who gets a heart transplant-only to die once its in place.</p><p>For readers of Atul Gawandes <em>Being Mortal</em> and of Henry Marshs <em>Do No Harm</em>, <em>Open Heart</em> offers a soul-baring account of a life spent in constant confrontation with death.</p>...9781478920267_Hachette Audioaudiolibro_de04e25d-dd73-3d63-bb20-de58bc59d123_9781478920267;9781478920267_9781478920267Stephen WestabyInglésMéxicoNoMINUTE2017-06-20T00:00:00+00:00Hachette Audio