By — Elizabeth Flock Elizabeth Flock Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/watch-author-sandeep-jauhar-explains-what-happens-in-a-coronary-angiogram Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Author Sandeep Jauhar explains what happens in a coronary angiogram Arts Jan 25, 2019 5:58 PM EDT Our January pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This,” is Sandeep Jauhar’s “Heart: A History.” Become a member of the book club by joining our Facebook group, or by signing up to our newsletter. Learn more about the book club here and see all the previous book club selections here. “Heart: A History.” Credit: FSG Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America and across the world. According to the CDC, more than 600,000 Americans will have a heart attack this year. As a result many of us — or someone we love — will one day undergo a coronary angiogram, an X-ray procedure that helps doctors see the heart’s blood vessels and diagnose what’s going wrong. These are some of the reasons Sandeep Jauhar, author of “Heart: A History” and director of the Heart Failure Program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York, wants to demystify the coronary angiography process. In the video above, he walks through an angiogram procedure, done on a real-life patient at his hospital, to explain to readers how it works, what it looks like, and how it can save a life. Jauhar will appear on an upcoming segment of the PBS NewsHour to answer more reader questions about “Heart.” By — Elizabeth Flock Elizabeth Flock Elizabeth Flock is an independent journalist who reports on justice and gender. She can be reached at elizabethflock@gmail.com @lizflock
Our January pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This,” is Sandeep Jauhar’s “Heart: A History.” Become a member of the book club by joining our Facebook group, or by signing up to our newsletter. Learn more about the book club here and see all the previous book club selections here. “Heart: A History.” Credit: FSG Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America and across the world. According to the CDC, more than 600,000 Americans will have a heart attack this year. As a result many of us — or someone we love — will one day undergo a coronary angiogram, an X-ray procedure that helps doctors see the heart’s blood vessels and diagnose what’s going wrong. These are some of the reasons Sandeep Jauhar, author of “Heart: A History” and director of the Heart Failure Program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York, wants to demystify the coronary angiography process. In the video above, he walks through an angiogram procedure, done on a real-life patient at his hospital, to explain to readers how it works, what it looks like, and how it can save a life. Jauhar will appear on an upcoming segment of the PBS NewsHour to answer more reader questions about “Heart.”