For the first time, Dick Cheney, together with his longtime cardiologist Jonathan Reiner, shares the personal story of his courageous thirty-five-year battle with heart disease, from his first heart attack in 1978 to the heart transplant he received in 2012. Like no US politician has before him, Cheney opens up about his health struggles, sharing harrowing, never-before-told stories about the challenges he faced during a perilous time in our nation's history. Dr. Reiner provides his perspective on Cheney's case and chronicles the important discoveries, radical innovations, and cutting-edge science that have changed the face of medicine and saved countless lives.
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