Before you is a real surgeon's diary, which begins with the besieged Leningrad, where Fedor Uglov began working in the hospital. An exciting description of operations, complex cases, mysterious diagnoses - all this is presented as a thriller with elements of a detective story. It is impossible to break away from the stories from the practice of the famous surgeon. The twisted plot, the skill in building the plot, climax and denouement is really a classic, next to which many modern bestsellers in this genre are a miserable helpless parody. The book "The Heart of a Surgeon" has been translated into many languages ​ ​ of the world.