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ISBN 10: 1859591574
ISBN 13: 978-1859591574
Author: Graham Jackson
Heart disease can brutally interrupt our happiness and enjoyment of life; coronary heart disease remains the single most common cause of premature death in the UK. In Heart Health, expert cardiologist Dr Graham Jackson takes the reader on a voyage of discovery and explanation in his clearly written and good-humoured text, which explains what heart disease is all about. This book includes advice on healthy living, giving up smoking, HRT, sex & relationships and much more. This book is all about you and your heart: how to keep your heart healthy, or – if it has been affected by heart disease in some way – how to make it as strong as possible. Introduction -How to use this book -Questions for your doctor or practice nurse 1. How your heart works Anatomy of the heart How your heart works What can go wrong with my heart? 2. Coronary artery disease Risks of smoking Risks of high blood pressure Risks of high cholesterol levels Other risk factors for coronary heart disease Women and coronary heart disease 3. Angina Symptoms Tests Treatment Other treatments for angina 4. Heart attacks Symptoms Heart attack – the event Recovery period Emotional problems after a heart attack Treatment Helping yourself 5. Heart Failure Causes Symptoms Tests Treatment 6. Palpitations Types of palpitations Self-help Tests Treatment Atrial fibrillation Other abnormal heartbeats Blackouts 7. Valve disease Causes Symptoms Tests Treatment Infection 8. Sex and the heart Questions you may find difficult to ask your doctor 9. Diet Food types and eating healthily Losing weight 10. Exercise Why bother? How much? Safety Choosing your exercise Glossary Appendix 1: Practising what I preach Appendix 2: Useful addresses and websites Appendix 3: Useful publications Appendix 4: Guideline desirable weight in adults The joy of this book is that it is not a medical textbook but a book giving information about the practical problems of heart disease and its prevention or treatment. It is easy reading, dip in and out, with a format of questions and answers – questions we all want to ask followed by well thought out answers. Highly recommended.
Heart Health Answers at Your Fingertips 1st Table of contents:
1 How your heart works
Anatomy of the heart
How your heart works
What can go wrong with my heart?
2 Coronary artery disease
Risks of smoking
Risks of high blood pressure
Risks of high cholesterol levels
Other risk factors for coronary heart disease
Women and coronary heart disease
3 Angina Symptoms
Tests
Treatment
Other treatments for angina
4 Heart attacks
Symptoms
Heart attack – the event
Recovery period
Emotional problems after a heart attack
Treatment
Helping yourself
5 Heart failure
Causes
Symptoms
Tests
Treatment
6 Palpitations
Types of palpitations
Self-help
Tests
Treatment
Atrial fibrillation
Other abnormal heartbeats
Blackouts
7 Valve disease
Causes
Symptoms
Tests
Treatment
Infection
8 Sex and the heart
Questions you may find difficult to ask your doctor
9 Diet
Food types and eating healthily
Losing weight
10 Exercise
Why bother?
How much?
Safety
Choosing your exercise
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