具体描述
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.
作者简介
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.
目录信息
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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读后感
正如Westaby自己所说，“我们是对肾上腺素上瘾的人，始终亢奋，始终渴望行动。从流血的病人到停搏的心脏，从一篇篇真实的故事让人揪心，激动，难过。有及时抢救的成功案例，有运用韦斯塔比气管插管术，柏林之心，AB-180心室辅助装置，贾维克2000的成功案例，也有因为失误操作导...
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用户评价
作为一个很想学医的人，这本书满足了我对于医生一切的想象。
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评分作者是Pubmed一搜300+，随便一篇就是心脏顶刊的业界大佬。末期病人的故事往往都很动人。肿瘤目前仍没有可观的治疗方法。但是心衰的病人真的是越来越有希望了。尽管我们国家依然走在欧美的二十年之后（书中96年就开始做人工泵了，而我们现在的两个所谓国产泵还依然在临床试验）。就算心脏停止了跳动，神奇的人类与科技仍然可以挽救生命。Indefinitely pulsatile。但是本书对非心脏相关专业的人都略有不友好，建议不是超有信心的朋友还是读中文版，专业词汇着实有点略多。我是建立在体外循环专业的基础上，且对各种泵还略有了解，超级认真的读下去还蛮有滋味。
评分医学人文类书籍，今年看过最好的书，集医学知识、种族、人文、生活等元素为一体。特别是youtube上可以找到相关医学案例的采访，增加了阅读体验，太精彩了！
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