Authors: David Monagan, David O. Williams
The thrilling story of the brilliant and audacious pioneers who revolutionized
cardiovascular medicine. The
history of heart surgery is a fascinating saga. In the dark ages of medicine, physicians commonly prescribed blood letting as a treatment for ridding the vascular system of diabolical elements and bizarre medicaments like brain extracts, and until quite recently, the basic treatment for a heart attack was to lie down and bear it. Within the last century, physicians have evolved from fearing to even touch a living human heart to rebuilding and even transplanting hearts with beguiling, if sometimes dangerous wizardry. Not long ago,
cardiac surgery was celebrated as akin to miracle…
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