About
the Book
Dr. Mimi's book incorporates real life incidents and gives practical
advice on how to keep the most vital organ healthy. The journey
from the helplessness to prevent her mother's death from heart
attack to being a successful cardiologist who knows how to heal
is narrated in the form of anecdotes.
She combines cutting edge technologies from the fields of both
psychology and science to evolve her own dynamics of heart treatment.
The alternative treatments received resistance from the lobby
of doctors in power but she still took her chance and ultimately
succeeded in saving several lives through her endeavours.
The
book elucidates several poignant stories like that of a truck
driver who is saved by a young intern who takes time to listen
to what he says and puts her medical career at stake to save him.
There is another story of a middle-aged man, who inspite of having
a sturdier body than most athletes, suffers major complications
because of inability to come to term with his young son's death
and is warmly handled by Mimi. The silent heart-rending cry of
another man is heard by not just a mere physician but a healer,
who then encourages him to fulfill his long cherished dreams.
The
Heart Speaks isan eye-opener for doctors as well as people who
believe that heart is just a physical organ and can be understood
only in terms of arteries, veins and valves. Mimi Guarneri advocates
that the multi-faceted heart–as intelligent as the brain–needs
equal warmth and understanding to cope with the pressures of our
everyday life.