{"product_id":"coronary-a-true-story-of-medicine-gone-awry-paperback","title":"Coronary: A True Story of Medicine Gone Awry - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Klaidman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA chilling real-life medical thriller, \u003ci\u003eCoronary\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the story of two highly respected heart doctors who violated the most sacred principle of their profession: First, do no harm.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the summer of 2002, fifty-five-year-old John Corapi, a Catholic priest with a colorful background, visited Dr. Chae Hyun Moon, a celebrated cardiologist in Redding, California. Corapi had been suffering from exhaustion and shortness of breath, and although a physical examination and a conventional stress test revealed nothing abnormal, Moon insisted that the calcium level in Corapi's coronary arteries called for a highly invasive diagnostic test: an angiogram. A chain-smoking Korean immigrant known for his gruff bedside manner, Moon performed the procedure briskly and immediately handed down a devastating diagnosis: \"I'm sorry; there is nothing I can do for you. You need a triple bypass tomorrow morning.\" He then abruptly left the room. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Several hours later, however, Moon inexplicably decided the surgery could wait until Corapi returned from a previously scheduled cross-country trip. Unnerved by the dire diagnosis and also by Moon's inconsistent statements, Corapi sought other opinions. To his amazement, a second, third, and fourth doctor found that his heart was perfectly healthy. In fact, for a man his age, Corapi's arteries were \u003ci\u003eremarkably free of disease.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sensing a cause more disturbing than human error, Corapi took his story to the FBI. As local agent Mike Skeen soon discovered, Corapi was one of a number of people who had suspicions about Moon and Moon's go-to cardiac surgeon, Dr. Fidel Realyvasquez, an equally respected member of the close-knit northern California community. Working at a hospital owned by Tenet Healthcare, Moon would make the diagnoses and Realyvasquez would perform the surgeries. Together, these leaders of the Redding medical establishment put hundreds of healthy people at risk, some of whom never recovered. Soon Skeen launched a major investigation, interviewing numerous doctors and patients, and forty federal agents raided the hospital where the doctors worked. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A timely and provocative dissection of America's medical-industrial complex, \u003ci\u003eCoronary\u003c\/i\u003e lays bare the financial structures that drive the American healthcare system, and which precipitated Moon's and Realyvasquez's actions. In a scheme that placed the demands of Wall Street above the lives of its patients, Tenet Healthcare rewarded doctors based on how much revenue they generated for the corporation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A meticulous three-year FBI investigation and hundreds of civil suits culminated in no criminal charges but a series of settlements with Tenet Healthcare and the doctors that totaled more than $450 million and likely put an end to Moon's and Realyvasquez's medical careers. The case's every twist and turn is documented here. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A riveting, character-rich narrative and a masterpiece of long-form journalism, \u003ci\u003eCoronary\u003c\/i\u003e is as powerful as it is alarming. This is a hair-raising story of the hundreds of men and women who went under the knife, not in the name of medicine, but of profit and prestige. Brilliantly told, Stephen Klaidman's \u003ci\u003eCoronary\u003c\/i\u003e is a cautionary tale in the age of miracle medicine, and a shocking reminder to always get a second opinion.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Klaidman\u003c\/b\u003e is a former editor and reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe International Herald Tribune.\u003c\/i\u003e He was a senior research fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and a senior research associate at the Institute for Health Policy Analysis, Georgetown University. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eSaving the Heart: The Battle to Conquer Coronary Disease, Health in the Headlines, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Virtuous Journalist\u003c\/i\u003e (with Tom Beauchamp). He lives in Bethesda, Marylan\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.38 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239380349202,"sku":"9780743267557","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/NVV0aE9wSk1UbEZaNVVITnhrdzB2dz09.webp?v=1777876159","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/coronary-a-true-story-of-medicine-gone-awry-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}