First published 2013
Former Vice President Dick Cheney teams with his longtime cardiologist Dr. Jonathan Reiner to tell the story of Cheney's decades-long fight against heart disease. The collaboration traces Cheney's medical journey from his initial heart attack in 1978 through his heart transplant in 2012. Cheney reveals previously untold details about managing his health while serving in the highest levels of government during critical moments in American history. Dr. Reiner offers his medical perspective on the case while documenting how cardiac treatment evolved over four decades. The book shows how Cheney benefited from nearly every major advance in heart medicine, with new technologies consistently staying one step ahead of his progressing disease. Both authors weave together personal medical experiences with broader developments in cardiac care that have saved millions of lives.
Genres: medical, biography-memoir, health, history-of-medicine
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: medical-drama, personal-journey
Period: 20th-Century, 21st-Century
322 pages · Hardcover · Scribner