An incredible memoir from one of the world’s most eminent heart surgeons and some of the most remarkable and poignant cases he’s worked on.
Grim Reaper sits on the heart surgeon’s shoulder. A slip of the hand and life ebbs away.
The balance between life and death is so delicate, and the heart surgeon walks that rope between the two. In the operating room there is no time for do...
An incredible memoir from one of the world’s most eminent heart surgeons and some of the most remarkable and poignant cases he’s worked on.
Grim Reaper sits on the heart surgeon’s shoulder. A slip of the hand and life ebbs away.
The balance between life and death is so delicate, and the heart surgeon walks that rope between the two. In the operating room there is no time for doubt. It is flesh, blood, rib-retractors and pumping the vital organ with your bare hand to squeeze the life back into it. An off-day can have dire consequences – this job has a steep learning curve, and the cost is measured in human life. Cardiac surgery is not for the faint of heart.
Professor Stephen Westaby took chances and pushed the boundaries of heart surgery. He saved hundreds of lives over the course of a thirty-five year career and now, in his astounding memoir, Westaby details some of his most remarkable and poignant cases – such as the baby who had suffered multiple heart attacks by six months old, a woman who lived the nightmare of locked-in syndrome, and a man whose life was powered by a battery for eight years.
A powerful, important and incredibly moving book, Fragile Lives offers an exceptional insight into the exhilarating and sometimes tragic world of heart surgery, and how it feels to hold someone’s life in your hands.
Steve Westaby is a celebrated world-famous heart surgeon who is renowned for being the first surgeon in history to fit a patient with a new type of artificial heart. During his 35-year career as a surgeon he worked at several of the UK’s top hospitals and performed over 11,000 heart operations. He won the Ray C. Fish Award for Scientific Achievement (2004). In 2004 Steve Westab...
Steve Westaby is a celebrated world-famous heart surgeon who is renowned for being the first surgeon in history to fit a patient with a new type of artificial heart. During his 35-year career as a surgeon he worked at several of the UK’s top hospitals and performed over 11,000 heart operations. He won the Ray C. Fish Award for Scientific Achievement (2004). In 2004 Steve Westaby was featured in the BBC documentary Your Life in Their Hands, which is a long-running series on the subject of surgery.
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Foreword vii
1 The Ether Dome 1
2 Humble Beginnings 14
3 Lord Brock’s Boots 26
4 Township Boy 38
5 The Girl with No Name 54
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Foreword vii
1 The Ether Dome 1
2 Humble Beginnings 14
3 Lord Brock’s Boots 26
4 Township Boy 38
5 The Girl with No Name 54
6 The Man with Two Hearts 85
7 Saving Julie’s Heart 114
8 Black Banana 137
9 Domino Heart 163
10 Life on a Battery 187
11 Anna’s Story 212
12 Mr Clarke 237
13 Adrenaline Rush 247
14 Despair 269
15 Double Jeopardy 285
16 Your Life in Their Hands 305
Afterword 321
Acknowledgements 327
Glossary 333
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斯蒂芬·韦斯塔比 作者
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广西师范大学出版社2022版
lowai
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广西师范大学出版社2022版
栗子
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吴旻适
广西师范大学出版社2022版
0 有用 其安 2022-07-17 23:04:53
remarkable cardiac surgeon , "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
4 有用 lowai 2017-07-31 15:47:51
跟神外那本Do No Harm比, 这本书的调调不那么elegant, 内容更侧重于手术而不像Do No Harm那样更哲学考虑终极关怀更多一些; 这本书主要案例都是作者自己在心脏手术方面的innovation的例(如人工心脏), 神外那本例子感觉更寻常, 手术也更calm.
0 有用 Amy 2022-09-24 22:12:35 新加坡
第五季脱口秀大会的王十七调侃了他的人工心脏 突然想到这本给我科普了好多心脏知识的好书 还有那十多个生与死的故事 不知道王十七的人工心脏是书中那两位都没活过两年的勇士的 还是那位在头盖骨scew了一个电源的那位风趣幽默的先驱者那种 很感动我的故事还有索马里母亲和儿子 Anna和家人同命运的搏斗 还有clark哥哥因为机缘巧合被救活了 他的弟弟却没那么幸运 生命真的伟大又复杂
2 有用 [已注销] 2019-09-23 12:21:50
和好多小伙伴一样，看完Henry Marsh那本脑外之后来Stephen Westaby这边看心外。之前想看的Under the Knife就是他的新作。顶级外科医生们退休后转行科普类畅销书作者，人生也是很完满了。
0 有用 莞尔和丸子 2022-01-14 14:54:54
读过中文版 很克制 很好看