Open-heart surgery as entertainment
While millions of Americans watched Linda Ronstadt rock through Get Closer on last week's Grammy Award show, millions of others were tuned to a distinctly different beat: the gentle, vivid pulsations of a human heart. For the first time ever, major surgery was broadcast live from an operating room. But whether the performance was a credit to medicine or show biz is a matter of some debate.
The star of the show was Cardiologist Edward Diethrich, 47, the deeply tanned, photogenic director of the Arizona Heart Institute in Phoenix. Among his previous credits: performing triple-bypass surgery on...
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