Houston Hearts: A History of Cardiovascular Surgery and Medicine and the Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center Houston Methodist Hospital

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By William L. Winters Jr. ’50

Published Jan. 21, 2016

(Elisha Freeman Publishing) Houston Hearts tells the story of how Houston became known as “the heart capital of the world.” Told by many of those who participated in the transformation pioneered by world-renowned cardiac surgeon Michael E. DeBakey, the book is a history of seven decades of cardiovascular surgery and medicine at Houston Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Winters is a senior attending staff member in the department of cardiology at Houston Methodist Hospital. 

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