Heart : an American medical odyssey

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Label

Heart : an American medical odyssey

Title remainder

an American medical odyssey

Statement of responsibility

Dick Cheney and Jonathan Reiner, M.D., with Liz Cheney

Creator

• Cheney, Richard B
• trueCheney, Richard B.

Contributor

• Reiner, Jonathan
• Cheney, Lynne V
• trueCheney, Lynne V.
• trueReiner, Jonathan

Subject

• trueCardiologists
• trueCardiology
• trueCheney, Richard B. -- Health
• trueHeart -- Diseases
• Heart -- Diseases | Patients -- United States -- Biography
• trueHeart -- Transplantation
• Heart -- Transplantation | Patients -- United States -- Biography
• trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Medical issues
• MEDICAL / Cardiology
• trueMultiple perspectives
• Myocardial infarction -- Patients -- United States -- Biography
• truePeople who have had heart attacks
• truePeople with heart disease
• trueReiner, Jonathan
• Reiner, Jonathan
• trueScience Writing -- Medicine | Illness and Disease
• trueTransplantation of organs, tissues, etc
• Vice-Presidents -- United States -- Biography
• trueVice-Presidents -- United States -- Biography
• trueAutobiographies and memoirs
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical

Genre

• trueBiography
• trueLife stories
• trueMultiple perspectives
• trueScience Writing
• trueAutobiographies and memoirs

Language

eng

Summary

"For as long as he has served at the highest levels of business and government, Vice President Dick Cheney has also been one of the world's most prominent heart patients. Now, for the first time ever, Cheney, together with his longtime cardiologist Jonathan Reiner, MD, shares the very personal story of his courageous thirty-five-year battle with heart disease, from his first heart attack in 1978 to the heart transplant he received in 2012. In 1978, when Cheney suffered his first heart attack, he received essentially the same treatment as President Eisenhower had in 1955. Since then, cardiac medicine has evolved in extraordinary ways, and Cheney has benefited from nearly every medical and technological breakthrough along the way. At each juncture, when Cheney faced a new health challenge, the technology was one step ahead of his disease. In many ways, Cheney's story is the story of the evolution of modern cardiac care. Heart is the riveting, singular memoir of both doctor and patient, tracking their relationship as it unfolds over many years and crises. Like no US politician has before him, Cheney opens up about his health struggles, sharing harrowing, never-before-told stories about the challenges he faced during a perilous time in our nation's history. Dr. Reiner provides his perspective on Cheney's case and also gives readers a fascinating glimpse into his own education as a doctor. He masterfully chronicles the important discoveries, radical innovations, and cutting-edge science that have changed the face of medicine and saved countless lives. Powerfully braiding science with story and the personal with the political, Heart is a sweeping, inspiring, and ultimately optimistic book that will give hope to the millions of Americans affected by heart disease"--

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 973.931092
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

E840.8.C43

LC item number

A3 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult