RT Book, Section A1 Cosgrove, Toby SR Print(0) ID 1150138115 T1 Preface T2 The Cleveland Clinic Way: Lessons in Excellence from One of the World's Leading Healthcare Organizations YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071827249 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1150138115 RD 2024/04/18 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.