TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Preface A1 - Cosgrove, Toby PY - 2018 T2 - The Cleveland Clinic Way: Lessons in Excellence from One of the World's Leading Healthcare Organizations AB - Terri McCort was expecting a baby.1 She was already five days overdue. As she sat down for dinner, she felt an unusual pain at the base of her throat. She didn't know it, but she was in mortal danger. Deep inside her chest, the largest blood vessel in her body, the aorta, was beginning to tear itself apart. If left untreated, it would rupture massively, gushing blood like an open fire hydrant. Terri and her unborn baby would die. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1150138115 ER -