Explore this JAMA Cardiology series devoted to telling stories about having heart disease, the joys and challenges of caring for cardiac patients, and truths discovered along the way.
This essay describes the author鈥檚 experience when her father had cardiac arrest.
This essay describes concerns that use of artificial intelligence (AI) as a replacement rather than a supplement in the provision of medical care may lead to loss of the art of medicine and the collaborative partnership between physician and patient.
This essay describes the author鈥檚 experience as the mother of a newborn with a severe illness and the importance of balancing honesty and hope in delivering news to patients.
This essay describes what the author learned from being in the intensive care unit with her father during multiple cardiac arrests and surgery.
This essay describes how asking a single simple question helps the author understand the factors most important to patients and that could be indirectly considered the secret to their lives鈥 health, happiness, and longevity.
In this essay, the author discusses the importance of a Match system that supports and keeps families together while in training.
This essay describes the author鈥檚 experience with the application of medical guidelines in the treatment of patients.
This essay describes the author鈥檚 experience after surviving a 40-day in-hospital treatment for septicemia from Staphylococcus endocarditis on a prosthetic aortic valve.
This poem describes the author鈥檚 experience of open heart surgery during which he received a pig valve replacement.
This essay describes a physician鈥檚 experience of completing medical education and postgraduate clinical training in Ireland vs adjusting to residency in the US.
This poem is the epilogue to the author鈥檚 original poem 鈥淥de to Korotkov.鈥
This essay describes 3 health care workers who unexpectedly encounter a patient in need.
This poem advocates for patient involvement in managing their blood pressure and care decisions.
This essay describes the author鈥檚 reflections on the cost of and insurance coverage for a transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure.
This essay describes the author鈥檚 experience of gender-based discouragement as a woman medical student.
This essay reflects on the author鈥檚 experience of 2 worlds鈥攚riting and medicine.
This essay describes the author鈥檚 father, a surgeon, passing the baton on to him as a second-generation pysician.
This essay describes the author鈥檚 experience building a canoe during medical school and residency.
This essay describes a physician鈥檚 experience becoming a patient for the first time and the valuable knowledge this experience imparted.
This essay discusses how the wounding and treatment of Aeneas in the Aeneid can be interpreted as a metaphor for basic science advancing medical practice.
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