As Simon's "organ-harvested" body is stuffed with kapok in preparation for burial and Claire's heart commences rhythmically beating, the reader recognises she has concluded a novel that goes to the heart of what it means to be a human being.
PET-computed tomography (CT) (Biograph Siemens 16 and Siemens, Malvern, PA, USA and Discovery PET/CT 600 M, GE, Fairfield, CT, USA) scan of the heart was commenced with a 10-min emission scan/bed (one bed position covering a 16-cm field of view along X-Y-Z axes) 1 h after the intravenous injection of 18F-FDG.
The test of Anfield's collective heart rate has commenced.
The obstetrician commenced fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring and confirmed reassuring fetal status (RFS).
She had recently been diagnosed with heart failure and was commenced on therapy with oral bumetanide (1 mg OD), ramipril (2.5 mg OD) and spironalactone (50 mg OD).
Similar to the All Hearts Tour, the show commenced with robotic voices over the speakers and backed by a heavy beat, before Robyn began singing "Fembot" as multicolored strobes lit the stage.
The intervention consists of a 16-week structured home-based moderate-intensity exercise programme utilising stationary cycles and heart rate monitors, commencing at 20 weeks of gestation.
So with a heavy heart, the purse hunt has commenced.
My girlfriend – bless her heart – grabbed her MacBook and commenced shopping.
George was a man possessed with a certain juvenile charm, though some said not overly endowed with intellect, who had frittered away his salad days -- a rapscallion by many accounts, until he recommitted his heart to the Lord and commenced a political career as fortuitous as it was brief.
(Heart palpitations commence).
