Isbn: 9798199485807 - the weight of the lead: life inside and beyond the cath lab (3 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From a small apartment in Cairo to the high-pressure world ofinterventional cardiology, The Weight of the Lead is the deeplypersonal memoir of a physician shaped by ambition, sacrifice, medicine, and the search for peace.Born to Egyptian academic parents and raised largely without hisfather, who worked abroad to support the family, Ahmed Mahmoudgrew up driven by discipline, competition, and the relentless desire tosucceed. Excelling through school and medical training in Egypt, heeventually left behind a prestigious cardiology pathway to pursue anew life in the United States - carrying with him the uncertainty, loneliness, and hope familiar to many immigrants.Inside the cath lab, he discovered both purpose and burden.Through heart attacks, emergency procedures, complications, patientdeaths, and life-saving interventions, he learned that medicinedemands far more than technical skill. It demands emotionalendurance, humility, and the willingness to carry responsibility longafter procedures end.But beyond the hospital walls lies another story - one aboutfamily, fatherhood, identity, and the realization that success alonecannot bring fulfillment.Honest, reflective, and emotionally powerful, The Weight of theLead offers a rare glimpse into the life of an interventional cardiologistand the human being beneath the lead apron.…