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- BookSandeep Jauhar.Summary: "For centuries, the human heart seemed beyond our understanding: an inscrutable shuddering mass that was the spark of life as well as somehow the driver of emotion and the seat of the soul. As the cardiologist and bestselling author Sandeep Jauhar shows in [this book], it was only recently that we demolished age-old taboos and developed the science to change the way we live. Deftly weaving together his own experiences with the defining discoveries of the past, Jauhar tells the colorful and little-known story of the doctors who risked their careers and the patients who risked their lives to know and heal this most vital organ."--Jacket.
Contents:
Prologue : CT scan
Introduction : the engine of life
Part I. Metaphor. A small heart
Prime mover
Part II. Machine. Clutch
Dynamo
Pump
Nut
Stress fractures
Pipes
Wires
Generator
Replacement parts
Part III. Mystery. Vulnerable heart
A mother's heart
Compensatory pause.