{"product_id":"9780999731871","title":"One Hundred Thousand Hearts : A Surgeon's Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe pioneering surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley performed his first human heart transplant in 1968 and astounded the world in 1969 by conducting the first successful implantation of a totally artificial heart in a human being. Over the course of his career, Cooley and his associates performed thousands of open-heart operations and pioneered the use of new surgical procedures. Of all his achievements, however, Cooley was most proud of the Texas Heart Institute, which he founded in 1962 with a mission to use education, research, and improved patient care to decrease the devastating effects of cardiovascular disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 100,000 Hearts, Cooley tells about his childhood in Houston, his education at the University of Texas, his medical-school training at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and Johns Hopkins, and his service in the Army Medical Corps. While at Johns Hopkins, Cooley assisted in a groundbreaking operation to correct an infant's congenital heart defect, which inspired him to specialize in heart surgery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCooley's detailed descriptions of working in the operating room at crucial points in medical history offer a fascinating perspective on the distance medical science traveled in just a few decades.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Briscoe Center for American History","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48223334596843,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":45.68,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780999731871-1.jpg?v=1781647235","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9780999731871","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}