The Expert Guide to Beat Heart Disease



HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. | ISBN 0-06-077194-1 | English | PDF | 266 Pages | 2.18 MB |

Introduction
This book is organized so you can find the heart disease treatment information you need easily and quickly. Chapter 1, “Understanding Heart Disease,” explains, clearly and concisely, what you need to know about your disease. We explore what heart disease is, how it’s caused, the risk factors that cause it to occur in some people but not others, its most common symptoms, and how doctors investigate those symptoms. Chapter 2, “Seven Key Strategies for Taking Charge of Heart Disease,” contains some of the most important information in this book. It describes seven key strategies for treating heart disease. Each of these strategies is based on the official expert guidelines published for doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC), among others. The scientific evidence behind the strongest recommendations in these guidelines is very solid. These recommendations represent the proven strategies and treatments that the best doctors and scientists in cardiology agree really work. Everyone with heart disease should know them. Now you can. By using these strategies as a checklist, you can make sure you’re getting the best care available. You’ll have the tools you need to help yourself get better. Chapter 3, “Beyond the Key Strategies,” explores other important components of your heart disease treatment program. We examine treatment alternatives that are not strongly recommended by the guidelines, mainly because the medical evidence on how well theywork is not yet conclusive. Indeed, some of these treatments have no demonstrated benefits at all—and may even be harmful. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t know about them. Quite the contrary; the more you know about the strengths and weaknesses of different kinds of treatments, the easier it will be for you to choose wisely among them. If you are willing to bet on the value of treatment alternatives that haven’t yet been proven effective, you should know about how strongly the
available research evidence supports those treatments. Chapter 4, “Research and Emerging Therapies,” explores what’s on the medical horizon for treating heart disease, specifically a half-dozen or so therapies that are currently being studied and may be recommended in the not-too-distant future. Chapter 5, “Staying Well and Prepared,” concludes with information you’ll want to know while you’re on the road to recovery. It shows you how to monitor the health of your heart, highlights other health risks you’ll want to guard against, and suggests ways to make the most of your visits to the doctor. Finally, at the end of the book, you’ll find helpful Appendices. This portion of the book is a toolbox of sorts that includes information on tests and procedures you may undergo during the treatment and monitoring of your heart disease, as well as progress logs and checklists. It also contains information about possible problems with certain combinations of drugs. A Resources section guides you to sources of more
detailed information on many of the topics summarized in this book. A Glossary provides quick definitions of medical terms. A References section lists the sources of every medical study and research result mentioned in the book. And there is a comprehensive Index so you can find what you’re looking for in this book easily and quickly.

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