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    Heart: An American Medical Odyssey
    Heart: An American Medical Odyssey
    Heart: An American Medical Odyssey
    Audiobook10 hours

    Heart: An American Medical Odyssey

    Written by Dick Cheney and Jonathan Reiner

    Narrated by Jonathan Reiner, Jeremy Bobb and Edward Herrmann

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    Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his longtime cardiologist, Dr. Jonathan Reiner, share the story of Cheney’s thirty-five-year battle with heart disease—providing insight into the incredible medical breakthroughs that have changed cardiac care over the last four decades.

    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 President Eisenhower had had in 1955. Since then, cardiac medicine has been revolutionized, and Cheney has benefitted from nearly every medical breakthrough. At each juncture, when Cheney faced a new health challenge, the technology was one step ahead of his disease. Cheney’s story is in many ways the story of the evolution of modern cardiac care.

    Heart is the riveting, singular memoir of both doctor and patient. 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 and the history of our understanding of the human heart. 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateOct 22, 2013
    ISBN9781442364479
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    Dick Cheney

    Dick Cheney served at the highest levels of government and the private sector for more than forty years. He was White House Chief of Staff under President Gerald Ford and was elected six times to the US House of Representatives from Wyoming, eventually becoming the minority whip. He served as Secretary of Defense under President George H.W. Bush, overseeing America’s military during the 1991 Operation Desert Storm. He served as chairman and CEO of Halliburton, a Fortune 100 company. As the 46th Vice President of the United States during the dawn of the Global War on Terror, he played a key role in events that have shaped history. He and his wife Lynne Cheney have two daughters and seven grandchildren.

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    • 3/5
      An interesting combination the viewpoints of a heart patient (and a political figure) and his doctor giving a long term view and historical lesson in procedures dealing with the heart. I learned a lot about heart procedures from this book.
    • 5/5
      This book combined a history of modern cardiology, written by Dr. Jonathan Reiner along with the view from a remarkable patient, former Vice President Dick Cheney. I found it an excellent read. Dr. Reiner does a great job describing the growth of modern medical technology, with detailed end notes if you want to dig deeper .(I did.) Cheney and Dr. Reiner tell the story of cardiology from the healer and patient perspective in a most interesting manner.Cheney faced daunting medical challenges over more than thirty years, and yet he continued to work hard. After his first heart attack, Dr. Rick Davis told Cheney: "Hard work never killed anyone, Dick." These became words Cheney lived by. What came to my mind after reading this book was quote by Friedrich Nietzsche: "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." Dick Cheney seems to epitomize this statement.