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How Death Becomes Life

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by Joshua Mezrich


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  ____. Memoir of a Thinking Radish. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986.

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  Index

  Addenbrooke’s Hospital, 202

  addiction, 232, 233

  see also alcoholism

  Advice to a Young Scientist (Medawar), 53

  ALC (alcoholic liver disease), 240, 244

  alcohol, 233

  Alcoholics Anonymous, 233

  alcoholism, 212, 222, 233, 237–38

  cirrhosis from, 225, 226, 230, 236, 244

  hepatitis from, 217, 223–24, 225, 235, 237

  liver transplants and, 222–38, 246

  Herb’s story, 233–38

  Lisa’s story, 225–32, 237–38

  as mental illness, 222, 228, 231

  Alexandre, Guy P. J., 282–83, 285, 286

  alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, 311

  alpha-gal epitope, 326–27

  ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), 290

  American Association for Thoracic Surgery, 126

  American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot (Ferguson), 222

  American Surgical Association (ASA), 187–88

  amylase, 173

  anastomosis, vascular (reconnection of blood vessels), 21–27, 32

  Anatomy of Hope, The (Groopman), 239

  aneurysms, 22

  Angelou, Maya, 1, 255

  animals

  cats, 115–16

  dogs, 22, 24, 25, 26, 122–23, 126–27, 135, 139–40, 142

  heart bypass in, 115–16, 122–23, 126–27, 139–40

  mice, 30

  monkeys, 160

  organ transplantation in, 25, 27, 60, 74

  in dogs, 28, 71, 83, 94, 95, 98, 140, 148, 149, 158, 165, 168–69, 183, 186–88, 191, 200

  of hearts, 25, 89, 98, 140, 144, 148, 149

  of kidneys, 25, 71, 77, 78, 83, 94, 95, 98

  of livers, 183, 186–88, 191, 200

  of lungs, 25, 158

  in mice, 60, 65, 66, 87

  in pigs, 89–90, 94, 98, 202

  in rats, 98

  skin grafts, 60, 62, 65, 66, 87

  xenotransplantation, 322–28, 338

  baboons in, 325

  chimpanzees in, 157, 159, 323–25, 326

  FDA and, 325–26

  moratorium on, 325

  pigs in, 338

  rhesus monkey in, 323

  viruses and, 326

  antibiotics, 59–60

  antithymocyte globulin (ATG), 204

  anuria, 77–78

  arteries, 38

  Ascher, Nancy, 295, 335–36

  ascites, 17, 185, 189, 191, 226, 244, 263, 311

  asepsis, 27

  atomic bombs, 91

  atrial septal defect (ASD), 123, 127–28, 140

  atrioventricular canal, 125

  azathioprine, 95–96, 97, 99, 189, 191, 204, 324

  baboons, 325

  Baby Fae, 325

  Banting, Frederick, 163, 168

  Barnard, Christiaan, 135–39, 141–44, 328, 333

  bypass and, 136, 137–38, 148–50, 151

  celebrity of, 151, 333

  character and personality of, 139, 142–43, 333

  heart transplantation and, 143

  first heart transplant, 144–52, 155, 157, 289

  second heart transplant, 151–52

  Hume and, 143

  kidney transplantation and, 143

  Lillehei and, 137–38, 319

  One Life, 130

  Shumway and, 138–39

  Wangensteen and, 135–37, 139, 141

  Barnard, Marius, 147–48, 150

  Barnett, Ross, 159

  Bavolek, Cecilia, 127–28

  Beck, Carl, 24

  Beecher, Henry Knowles, 287–89

  Bell, Alexander Graham, 30

  Belzer, Folkert, 165

  benzol, 29

  Berk, Hendrik, 48

  Best, Charles, 168

  bile, 185, 191, 213, 252, 263–64, 313

  biliary atresia, 191

  Billingham, Rupert Everett, 62–65

  bladder, 39, 165

  Blaiberg, Philip, 151–52

  blood clots, 45

  blood sugar, 166–71

  closed-loop pump system for monitoring, 177

  blood vessels, reconnection of (vascular anastomosis), 21–27, 32

  bone marrow, 90, 91, 92

  bones, 56

  Borel, Jean-François, 97–98

  bowel, in pancreas transplants, 164–65, 169, 170, 172, 173, 174

  brain, 135

  death of, 260

  death defined as, 74, 144, 153–54, 273, 285–91

  Brand, Russell, 222

  Brent, Leslie, 65

  Brigham, the (Peter Bent Brigham Hospital), 71–74, 77–79, 81, 82, 84–87, 90–91, 94–96, 187–89, 200, 287

  Bright’s disease, 45, 78, 92

  Bruce (father of donor Kylie), 279–
82

  Bruning, Jan, 45

  burn victims, 73, 82

  antibiotics and, 59–60

  Medawar and, 59–62

  skin grafts for, see skin grafts

  Burroughs Wellcome, 94–95

  Caleb (donor), 277–79

  Calne, Roy, 31–32, 93–95, 96, 98–99, 156, 189, 282–86, 304, 322, 333, 335, 337

  liver transplant work of, 202–4

  cancer, 213, 305, 337

  Cape Town, South Africa, 135, 136, 137

  Barnard’s first heart transplant in, 144–52, 155, 157, 289

  cardiovascular surgery (cardiac surgery; heart surgery), 110, 112, 119, 130–62

  author’s residency in, 109–12

  bypass in, 112, 135–36, 139–40

  in animals, 115–16, 122–23, 126–27, 139–40

  Barnard and, 136, 137–38, 148–50, 151

  cross-circulation, 122–26, 129, 135, 140

  DeWall-Lillehei bubble oxygenator, 129, 135, 141–42

  Gibbon’s invention of, 103, 113–16, 119–21, 122, 126–29

  membrane oxygenator for, 52, 129

  cardiac arrest in, 140

  closed heart surgery for war wounds, 119

  heart transplantation, see heart transplants

  hypothermia in, 123, 135, 139

  Karp and, 110–12

  open-heart, 103–29

  Carnegie, Andrew, 28

  Carnot, Marie-François-Sadi, 21

  Carrel, Alexis, 21–32, 59, 91, 324

  eugenics and, 30–31

  lay press and, 26

  Lindbergh and, 30, 31

  Man, the Unknown, 30–31

  Nobel Prize awarded to, 29, 31

  organ transplant work of, 23, 25–29, 31, 32, 40, 43, 52, 59–61, 66, 103

  publishing of, 26

  vascular anastomosis (reconnection of blood vessels) work of, 21–27, 32

  wound-perfusion system of, 29–30

  Carrel patch, 25, 37

  Caserio, Sante Geronimo, 21

  cats, 115–16

  cattle twins, 62–65

  cellophane, 46, 48, 49

  central line (central venous catheter), 105–8

  Cervantes, Miguel de, 35

  chimerism, 64–65

  chimpanzees, 157, 159, 323–25, 326

  China, 80

  choledocholithiasis, 213

  Church, George, 327

  Churchill, Winston, 30, 67

  Cindy (patient), 11–20

  cirrhosis, 185, 191, 213, 226, 263, 311

  alcoholic, 225, 226, 230, 236, 244

  C.L. (donor), 255–56, 259–63, 264–68

  Cleveland Clinic, 52, 303

  closed-loop pump system, 177

  Cole, L. J., 63

  Collip, James Bertram, 168

  coma, 283, 286, 289

  complications, 309–21

  after kidney transplant, 310, 317–21

  after liver transplant, 311–15, 331–32

  metaphorical box and, 316

  morbidity and mortality conferences and, 315–16

  Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science (Gawande), 309

  Confucius, 130

  Cooley, Denton, 155–56, 335

  Cooper, Joel, 161–62

  Cornell University Medical College, 40–43

  Courage to Fail, The (Fox and Swazey), 334–35

  Crick, Francis, 30

  CRISPR/Cas9, 327

  cross-circulation, 122–26, 129, 135, 140

  CT scans, 90, 315

  Cushing, Harvey, 26–27

  Cutting for Stone (Verghese), 329

  cyclosporine, 97–99, 156, 160, 161, 162, 170, 204–5

  Dakin, Henry, 29–30

  D’Alessandro, Dr., 8, 9, 10, 258–61, 263, 264

  Dameshek, William, 94

  Dan (father of donor Caleb), 277–79

  Darvall, Denise, 144–49

  Darvall, Edward, 144–45, 146

  Darvall, Keith, 144

  Darvall, Myrtle, 144–45, 146

  death

  determination of, 144, 146–47, 282–90

  Barnard’s heart transplant and, 144, 147

  brain death as, 74, 144, 153–54, 273, 285–91

  coma and, 283, 286, 289

  heartbeat and, 273, 283–87

  Tucker case and, 153–54

  Uniform Determination of Death Act, 291

  withdrawal of life support, 272–73

  dermatome, 55, 57

  Daniels, Leonard Polak, 47

  Davis, Jefferson, 323–24

  delayed graft function (DGF; anuria), 77–78

  Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 188

  DeWall, Richard, 129

  DeWall-Lillehei bubble oxygenator, 129, 135, 141–42

  diabetes, 163, 165–66, 186, 224

  blood sugar in, 166–71

  closed-loop pump system for monitoring, 177

  brittle, 167

  hypoglycemic unawareness and, 167

  insulin and, 163, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 177

  kidney failure and, 167, 168, 169

  pancreas transplants for,

  “Diabetes and Insulin” (Banting), 163

  dialysis, 19, 40, 43–52, 51–52, 71, 74, 85, 175–76, 301, 322–23, 325

  Hume and, 73

  Kolff’s invention of, 44–52, 66, 72–73, 113, 129, 139

  dogs, 22, 24, 25, 26, 122–23, 126–27, 135, 139–40, 142

  organ transplants in, 28, 71, 83, 94, 95, 98, 140, 144, 148, 149, 158, 165, 168–69, 183, 186–88, 191, 200

  Donald, Hugh, 62–63

  donors, 269

  see also organ donors, deceased; organ donors, living

  Doucette, Mel, 96

  Dream of the Heart, A (Shumacker), 103

  Duke University, 336

  duodenum, 313

  Ebert, Robert, 287–88

  Edison, Thomas A., 67

  Einstein, Albert, 33

  El Diablo (disconnected pancreatic duct syndrome), 171–76

  Elion, Trudy, 95

  Eliot, T. S., 101

  Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 255

  Emperor of All Maladies, The (Mukherjee), 207

  Epidemics (Hippocratic School), 292

  ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticogram), 243, 312

  esophagectomies, 309–10

  ethical and legal issues, 282–91, 337–38

  death, determination of, 144, 146–47, 282–90

  Barnard’s heart transplant and, 144, 147

  brain death as, 74, 144, 153–54, 273, 285–91

  coma and, 283, 286, 289

  heartbeat and, 273, 283–87

  Tucker case and, 153–54

  Uniform Determination of Death Act, 291

  organ allocation and, 246–47

  “Ethics and Clinical Research” (Beecher), 287

  eugenics, 30–31

  eyes, 56

  Fae, Baby, 325

  FDA, 161, 205, 325–26

  Ferguson, Craig, 222

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 269

  FK506, 205

  Fletcher, Joseph, 154

  Flexner, Simon, 28

  Ford, Henry, 30

  Fox, Henry M., 84

  Fox, Renee, 334–35

  gall bladder, 213, 264

  Gary (patient), 310–15

  Gawande, Atul, 309

  Gene (stepfather of donor C.L.), 269, 260, 267

  gene editing, 327, 337

  Gibbon, John, Jr.

  cardiopulmonary bypass machine of, 103, 113–16, 119–21, 122, 126–29

  retirement from heart surgery, 128

  Watson and, 120

  Gibbon, Maylie, 114

  Gibson, Tom, 61–62

  Gladwell, Malcolm, 11, 314

  Gladys (patient), 90–92

  Glidden, Frances, 124–25

  Glidden, Gregory, 123–24, 135

  Glidden, Lyman, 124–25

  Gohlke, Mary, 160–61

 
Gretzky, Wayne, 314

  Groopman, Jerome, 239

  Groote Schuur Hospital, 141

  Guthrie, Charles Claude, 24–25

  Guy’s Hospital, 93–94

  Hall, Tom, 161–62

  Halsted, William, 27

  Hamburger, Jean, 74, 75–76, 83

  Hamilton, David, 289

  Hanks, Tom, 292

  Hardy, James, 157–59

  harmonic scalpel, 297

  Harrison, J. Hartwell, 86

  Harvard Medical School, 81, 287–88, 289, 327

  health care system, 231–32

  heart, 7, 103, 112

  artificial, 52, 337–38

  author’s surgical residency experience with, 116–19

  and determination of death, 273, 283–87

  disorders and defects of, 119–20

  atrial septal defect (ASD), 123, 127–28, 140

  atrioventricular canal, 125

  patent ductus arteriosus, 127, 128

  pulmonary valve stenosis, 142

  tetralogy of Fallot, 125, 142

  ventral septal defect (VSD), 123–26, 127–28, 137–38, 140

  heart attacks, 131

  peripartum cardiomyopathy and, 131–32

  surgery on, see cardiovascular surgery; heart transplants

  vena cava and, 6, 7, 9–10, 115, 137, 138

  heart-lung machine (cardiopulmonary bypass machine), 103, 113–16, 119–21, 122, 126–29

  heart transplants, 99, 103–4, 112–13, 134, 140, 143–61, 289

  in animals, 25, 89, 98, 140, 144, 148, 149

  from animal to human, 157, 159, 325

  Barnard and, 143

  first heart transplant, 144–52, 155, 157, 289

  second heart transplant, 151–52

  of Cooley, 155–56

  failures and subsequent moratorium on, 156

  heart-lung, 160–61

  of Hume and Lower, 152–55

  media and, 156

  progression of, 155

  public support for, 289

  Shumway’s work in, 140–41, 148, 152, 156–57, 159–60

  for Tina, 130–34

  hemodialysis, see dialysis

  Heneman, Herbert, 233–38

  hepatic artery, 250, 262

  hepatitis, 72, 96, 212, 240, 246

  alcoholic, 217, 223–24, 225, 235, 237

  NASH (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis), 224, 240

  Herb (patient), 233–38

  Herrick, Richard, 83–87, 91, 96

  Herrick, Ronald, 83–87, 91, 96

  Herrick, Van, 83–84

  Hippocratic School, 292

  Hiroshima, 91

  Hitchings, George, 95

  Hitler, Adolf, 31, 47

  Holtz, Howard, 125

  Hufnagel, Charles, 71, 72

  Hume, David, 70–74, 76–80, 83, 94, 126, 143, 188, 189, 328, 333, 335

  Barnard and, 143

  dialysis and, 73

  heart transplant of, 152–55

  hydrocephalus, 77

  hypertension, 224

 

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