A User’s Guide to Bypass Surgery — (1996)
By Ted Klein
Forewords by Robert N. Butler, M.D. and Thomas L. Petty, M.D.
"This book is truly a story about the heart, told from the heart of one who experienced heart disease firsthand. A must reading for all who are considering the options related to bypass surgery."
Bill Nelligan
— executive director, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
"To read this book is like finding new friend—experienced, informed, brilliant, empathetic, kind, a superb communicator—who holds out his hand to help guide you through 'cabbage' (CABG) with a minimum of risk and fright."
Barbara Seaman
— author and co-founder of The National Women's Health Network
"If I ever get within ten feet of bypass surgery, this book will never be more than six inches away. But even for those whose hearts are strong, this book is good medicine for those who feel disempowered in confronting medical edifice. Read, and take heart!"
Michael Pertschuk
— co-director of the Advocacy Institute
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"This book speaks from the heart, as it were, and not only fills the readers' information void but their emotional void as well. It is a book to be given to a friend."
Joseph J. Jacobs, MD, MBA
— first director, Office of Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health
"Ted Klein's new book, A User's Guide to Bypass Surgery, is an excellent and useful resource that should be read by any individual or family member facing bypass surgery. Bypass surgery is never easy to endure, but this book will demystify the process, explain complex medical terms and procedures in personal and lay terms, and most important, reduce the fear that patients inevitably encounter. What makes this book compelling is the combination of Ted's personal story with considerable research that helps the reader understand, step-by-step, what to expect medically and personally. I wish this book had been available when my father underwent bypass surgery."
Peter D. Jacobson, JD, MPH
— senior behavioral scientist, Rand Corporation
Ted Klein is the owner of a pharmaceutical public relations firm based in New York and is the founding partner of MMD, Inc., a provider of contract sales personnel for the healthcare industry.
