Heart 411

The definitive guide to heart health from two of America's most respected doctors at Cleveland Clinic, the number-one hospital for cardiac care 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 to stay out of the cardiologist's office, your heart's health depends on 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. Track 1Title Info. Dedication. Section I: Heart Health and Disease: The Basics That You Must Know. Chapter 1. Saving Your Life
Chapter 2. Coronary Heart Disease: The Risk Factors You Know and Those You Don't
Chapter 3. Cholesterol: Friend and Foe
Chapter 4. Your Weight and Your Heart: How Extra Pounds Create Excess Risk
Section II: A Plan for Prevention. Chapter
Chapter 6. Red Wine and Your Heart: A Drink a Day May Keep the Cardiologist Away
Chapter 7. Exercise and Your Heart: Which Type and How Much?
Chapter 8. Emotion and Your Heart: You Can Be Scared to Death
Chapter 9. How to Tell Fact from Fiction: Sorting through the Medical Evidence
Chapter 10. Which Heart Tests Do You Need?
Section III: Fixing the Broken Heart. Chapter 11. Medicines for the Heart: The Big Six
Chapter 12. Stents versus Surgery for Coronary Heart Disease: To a Man with a Hammer, Everything Looks like a Nail
Chapter 13. A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure: What You Need to Know before Heart Surgery
Chapter 14. You've Got the Beat: Keeping Your Heart in Rhythm
Chapter 15. Living with Heart Failure
Chapter 16. Vitamins and Supplements: Trick or Treatment?
Section IV: Personal Plans. Chapter 17. The Mysteries of Venus: Understanding the Hearts of Women
Chapter 18. Heart Disease in Men: It Is All Partly about Sex
Chapter 19. Heart Disease in Kids: Prevention Starts Now!
Chapter 20. Heart Health (and Repair) in the Future: Star Trek, Here We Come!
Chapter 21. Epilogue: Putting Heart Doctors out of Business
"A useful and-dare I say-fun masterpiece. Reading Heart 411 is like having your own personal consultation with two of the most skilled and compassionate heart doctors on the planet. Gillinov and Nissen provide a delightful blend of the latest research, moving experiences with patients at the renowned Cleveland Clinic, and warmth and humor to show each of us how to live a longer, healthier, and happier life."
"The authors address the common questions people have but perhaps don't ask their doctors."
"As a heart disease survivor, I look for the best information I can find, and I've found it in Heart 411. It is essential reading for patients like me, as well as those who want to keep their heart healthy. In a world filled with conflicting information, Drs. Gillinov and Nissen separate fact from fiction, providing patients and their families with easy to use tools to understand heart disease and find the best possible care. It has become my go-to book!"
"Cardiac surgeon Gillinov and cardiologist Nissen, both of Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, efficiently render an overwhelming array of symptoms, tests, diagnoses, treatment options, diet, and exercise recommendations, drugs and supp