Patient Heart

In gripping prose, one of the world's leading cardiac surgeons lays bare both the wonder and the horror of a life spent a heartbeat away from death. When Stephen Westaby witnessed a patient die on the table during open-heart surgery for the first time, he was struck by the quiet, determined way the surgeons walked away. As he soon understood, this detachment is a crucial survival strategy in a profession where death is only a heartbeat away. In Open Heart, Westaby reflects on over 11,000 surgeries, showing us why the procedures have never become routine and will never be.

Loss hurts. It's tough to go through, and painful to watch. Do you know someone who's grieving and wish you could help? Are you the one grieving and wonder if what you're going through is normal? Do you wish those around you understood you better? This book has answers. This practical and easy-to-listen-to book provides the answers you need to make a difference - in your own life and in the lives of others. Best-selling author, hospice chaplain, and grief specialist Gary Roe gives you a look at the grieving heart - the thoughts, emotions, and struggles within.

Anxiety Relief is a warm, compassionate, and expert audiobook to help anxious, panicky, or stressed people, written from both sides of the therapeutic couch! If you're suffering and you don't know how to gain relief from your anxiety, then this audiobook is for you.

“After reading this book, I am now ready to overcome Atrial Fibrillation” ♥ This is the kind of book patients need to be given when diagnosed with AFib. ♥ This is the blueprint for tackling AFib in one concise book. No more piecing together bits and pieces of information about AFib. This complete guide on Atrial Fibrillation breaks down a complex and seemingly unsolvable issue: how to cure AFib. Is it curable? We’ve often been told it is not; it’s something you live with, and it will get worse over time. That’s not entirely true. There is a lot you can do to potentially put ...

Thousands of patients every year are admitted to hospitals because of irregular, fast, or strong heartbeats. For the portion that will eventually be diagnosed with a heart condition, there are important choices to make moving forward. But there is rarely time in a short doctor’s visit to go over all the details. This comprehensive overview fills that information gap by imparting everything there is to know about abnormal heart rhythms through all stages of care.

When I graduated from medical school, a third of heart attack victims died at home or in the hospital. Heart rhythm disorders were killing or crippling hundreds of thousands of Americans every year. Severe heart failure was a death sentence. Preventive cardiology was practically unknown: the significance of high cholesterol was being debated, 50 percent of adults were smoking cigarettes, and high blood pressure was usually undetected and often poorly controlled. All of this changed for the better - much better - during the 47 years I practiced medicine and cardiology.

Did you realize that an alarming percentage, nearly half, of adult Americans grapple with cardiovascular disease, underscoring the pervasive impact of heart-related issues in our society? With cardiovascular diseases maintaining their status as one of the foremost causes of global mortality, extensive research endeavors persistently seek effective strategies to mitigate risks and enhance the well-being of those already contending with heart problems. Among these approaches, the cardiac diet has emerged as a noteworthy and impactful method. Comprising a thoughtful selection of heart-friendly...

Having three ablations in less than 18 months, the author shares what to expect before, during, and after an ablation. From initial symptoms to challenges in recovery, the listener is able to have a better understanding of what to expect, allowing for an informed perspective as told from a patient's point-of-view.

Dare to Care is a book about the magic of medicine and life. Patients long for caring and connection when they are ill, and the doctors who come to this profession full of care and compassion often leave feeling drained and diluted as human beings because they forget who they are. In this audiobook, you will be reminded that essential harmony and well-being is your natural state, and what you have been looking for in any doctor you have sought. It offers an invitation to join a new bandwidth of caring, intuition, holism, and love, to ride the waves of living beyond the norm.