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    Heart 411 : the only guide to heart health you'll ever need / Marc Gillinov and Steven Nissen.

    • Title:Heart 411 : the only guide to heart health you'll ever need / Marc Gillinov and Steven Nissen.
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    • Variant Title:Heart four one one
    • Author/Creator:Gillinov, Marc.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Nissen, Steven E.
    • Published/Created:New York : Three Rivers Press, ©2012.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Coronary heart disease--Popular works.
      Coronary heart disease--Treatment--Popular works.
      Coronary heart disease--Prevention--Popular works.
    • Medical Subjects: Coronary Disease--Popular Works.
    • Genre/Form:Popular works.
    • Edition:1st ed.
    • Description:viii, 550 p. ; 24 cm
    • Summary:"The definitive guide to heart health from two of America's most respected doctors at Cleveland Clinic, the #1 hospital for heart health in America. Are you one of the eighty-two million Americans currently diagnosed with cardiovascular disease--or one of the millions more who_think they are healthy but are at risk?_Whether your goal is to get the best treatment or stay out of the cardiologist's office, your heart's health depends upon accurate information and correct answers to key questions. In Heart 411, two renowned experts, heart surgeon Marc Gillinov and cardiologist Steven Nissen, tackle the questions their patients have raised over their decades of practice: Can the stress of my job really lead to a heart attack? How does exercise help my heart, and what is the right amount and type of exercise? What are the most important tests for my heart, and when do I need them? How do symptoms and treatments differ among men, women, and children? Backed by decades of clinical experience and up-to-the-minute research, yet written in the accessible, down-to-earth tone of your trusted family doctor, Heart 411 cuts through the confusion to give you the knowledge and tools you need to live a long and heart-healthy life"-- Provided by publisher.
    • ISBN:9780307719904 (pbk.)
      0307719901 (pbk.)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: Section I HEART HEALTH AND DISEASE: THE BASICS THAT YOU MUST KNOW
      1. Saving your life
      2. Coronary heart disease: The risk factors you know and those you don't
      3. Cholesterol: Friend and foe
      4. Your weight and your heart: How extra pounds create excess risk
      Section II PLAN FOR PREVENTION
      5. Food for the heart
      6. Red wine and your heart: A drink a day may keep the cardiologist away
      7. Exercise and your heart: Which type and how much?
      8. Emotion and your heart: You can be scared to death
      9. How to tell fact from fiction: Sorting through the medical evidence
      10. Which heart tests do you need?
      Section III FIXING THE BROKEN HEART
      11. Medicines for the heart: The big six
      12. Stents versus surgery for coronary heart disease: To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail
      13. chance to cut is a chance to cure: What you need to know before heart surgery
      14. You've got the beat: Keeping your heart in rhythm
      15. Living with heart failure
      16. Vitamins and supplements: Trick or treatment?
      Section IV PERSONAL PLANS
      17. mysteries of Venus: Understanding the hearts of women
      18. Heart disease in men: It is all partly about sex
      19. Heart disease in kids: Prevention starts now!
      Section V LOOKING FORWARD
      20. Heart health (and repair) in the future: Star Trek, here we come!
      21. Epilogue: Putting heart doctors out of business.
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