tailieunhanh - Healing Hearts by Kathy E. Magliato, M. D

An inspiring, surprising, and deeply informative memoir of the high-stakes life of a female heart . Kathy Magliato is one of fewer than a dozen female heart surgeons practicing in the world today. She is | Kathy Magliato . A MEMOIR OF A FEMALE HEART SURGEON HEALING HEARTS Kathy E. Magliato MD BROADWAY BOOKS New York Over the years I have treated many patients with heart disease. I am grateful to all of them for allowing me the opportunity to enter into their lives. All of the stories in this book are based on actual cases however in some of the examples I use I have combined a number of elements resulting in a composite of several individuals. And of course I have changed the names and distinguishing features of the men and women in this book in order to protect their privacy. BROADWAY Copyright 2010 by Kathy E. Magliato All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Broadway Books an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group a division of Random House Inc. New York. BROADWAY BOOKS and the Broadway Books colophon are trademarks of Random House Inc. Historical information in chapter 6 is taken from The Story of Thoracic Surgery Andreas P Naef New York Hans Huber Publishers 1990 . Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Magliato Kathy E. Healing hearts a memoir of a female heart surgeon Kathy Magliato. 1st ed. p. cm. 1. Magliato Kathy 2. Heart surgeons United States Biography 3. Women surgeons United States Biography 4. Heart Surgery United States Anecdotes. I. Title. 2009 12092 dc22 B 2009033591 ISBN 978-0-7679-3026-0 Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Edition BROADWAY .