240 Beats per Minute: Life with an Unruly Heart by Bernard Witholt, Roger M. Mills
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Overview: Living with an ICD: A Conversation Between Friends
Today, more than twenty-eight million Americans live with heart disease; more than half of them will die suddenly, many because of a rhythm disturbance called ventricular tachycardia (VT). Over the past twenty years, safe and effective implanted cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have become widely available. These devices can now help to manage VT and prevent sudden cardiac death. But they also carry a substantial psychological burden.
Dr. Bernard Witholt’s life included far more than just his recurrent VT: he was a brilliant research biologist, a cherished rowing teammate, a husband, teacher, and close friend–and much more. Throughout his years with an ICD, Bernard wrote extensively about his experiences, and after he passed, his wife allowed his friend of fifty years, accomplished cardiologist Roger M. Mills, to organize, edit, and annotate Bernard’s notes and other materials from a physician’s perspective.
240 Beats per Minute offers one man’s commentary on his friend’s thoughts, contemplations, and sometimes off-beat ideas. This is a book that introduces patients with serious heart rhythm problems and their caregivers to a new friend who talks openly about dealing with this unusual illness.
This is a book about living–sometimes depressed and sometimes elated–with a serious illness. This is Roger and Bernie’s book.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
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