FeaturedThe Cardiologist Who Died Twice
A cardiologist's heart stops during a routine procedure — and what he experiences during 11 minutes of clinical death transforms his understanding of consciousness, medicine, and what comes after.
Cardiologists study the organ that every culture associates with love, courage, and the soul. They measure ejection fractions, interpret ECGs, and thread catheters through coronary arteries with millimeter precision. And sometimes, they witness the heart do things that no hemodynamic model can explain.
Cardiologists have the highest rate of near-death experience reports among medical specialties — perhaps because they are the ones who bring patients back from cardiac arrest most frequently. They have heard patients describe the resuscitation effort in detail, including conversations and procedures that occurred during documented asystole. Some have had their own NDEs, transforming their understanding of the organ they have spent their careers studying.
No specialty is closer to the literal heartbeat of these mysteries. Cardiologists have both the clinical data and the firsthand accounts that make these stories impossible to ignore.
Percentage reporting at least one symptom (Medscape, 2024)
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Over 200 physicians interviewed. 26 stories that will challenge what you believe about life, death, and everything in between.
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Over 200 physicians interviewed. 26 true stories of ghost encounters, near-death experiences, and miraculous recoveries that will change the way you think about life, death, and what lies beyond.
By Dr. Scott J. Kolbaba, MD — 4.3★ from 1,018 ratings on Goodreads