Heart smart a cardiologist's 5-step plan for detecting, preventing, and even reversing heart disease
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Hoboken, N.J. :
John Wiley & Sons,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the heart smart advantage
- Step 1
- Recognize the warning signs of heart disease
- Heart attack! know the warning signs to save your life
- The ultimate chest pain guide: when should you worry?
- Attack of the killer plaque: coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis
- Step 2
- Take charge of your cardiac risk factors
- Traditional cardiac risk factors: the big picture
- Watch out for the "big five" killers: hypertension, the "new" diabetes, smoking, obesity, and a sedentary lifestyle
- Taking aim at HDL, LDL, and triglycerides: a new look at some old foes
- Step 3
- Go high-tech to detect heart disease and lower your risk
- Digging deeper into your risk: inflammation, infection and beyond, which emerging factors should you be tested for?
- The truth about stress tests: what they can and can't tell you about your cardiac risk
- The cutting edge of cardiology: take advantage of the latest imaging and stress tests to find out your risk
- Step 4
- Putting it all together: what's your risk?
- Cardiac risk assessment tools
- Step 5
- Live the heart smart life: a cardiologist's practical and proven approach
- Kick off your heart smart program: 101 things you can do now to prevent a heart attack
- Exercise: a priority for heart health
- What can I eat? the heart smart approach to nutrition, dieting, heart healthy "superfoods," and supplements
- Aspirin and cholesterol-lowering drugs: heart medications to save your life.
