The Angina Monologues

Name: The Angina Monologues
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SKU: 9781925713817
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Stories of surgery for broken hearts

By Samer Nashef

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The Angina Monologues by Samer Nashef offers a captivating glimpse into the world of heart surgery through the experiences of a renowned cardiac surgeon. With a mix of humour and insight, Nashef shares real-life stories from the operating theatre, revealing the complexities and challenges of this high-stakes medical field. This engaging narrative provides both a gripping and educative read on the often dramatic field of heart medicine.
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You might enjoy this fascinating exploration of cardiac surgery, where the author combines insightful medical knowledge with humorous storytelling. If you are intrigued by the heart’s complexities and appreciate a blend of science and wit, this book will offer an engaging and eye-opening read.

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A pioneering cardiac surgeon expertly sews up the heart of surgery, the health of the nation, and the NHS.

The Angina Monologues speeds from the transporting of a donor's heart up the motorway hard shoulder, to cautionary stories of excessive intervention gone awry in US hospitals, to a traumatic trip to bring advanced cardiac surgery to the Palestinian West Bank. Nashef tells heart-stopping stories of transplants, bypasses, coronary artery repair, and cardiac arrest.

He also delivers humane advice about medical realities rarely observed — the futility of obsessing over diet, the necessity of calculating risks, the role of decision making, the resilience of doctor and patient alike, and the threadbare brilliance of the NHS.

Nashef is a magnificently warm and likable doctor and writer; and he has the best imaginable bedside manner.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781925713817

Publisher: Scribe Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 June 2019

Country: Australia

Imprint: Scribe Publications

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 316g

Pages: 288

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Education & Reference Health & Fitness Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Penguin Books Samer Nashef Science & Nature Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Samer Nashef qualified as a doctor at the University of Bristol in 1980. He is a consultant cardiac surgeon at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, and a world-leading expert on risk and quality in surgical care. He is the creator of EuroSCORE, which calculates the predicted risk of death from heart operations and is the most successful risk model in medicine, used worldwide and credited with saving tens of thousands of lives. The author of more than 200 publications, his research has been widely cited and he has been invited to lecture in more than 30 countries. As clinical tutor at the University of Cambridge, he is also a dedicated teacher and public communicator, having appeared in NHS Direct videos, at the Wellcome Foundation and in Channel 4's 'The Operation'. He is also a regular compiler of cryptic crosswords for The Guardian and Financial Times under a pseudonym.