Heart Attack!: Advice for Patients by Patients - Softcover

Berra, Kathleen; Friedland M.D., Gerald W.; Gardner, Christopher; Koch, Francis H.; Louie, Donna; Miller, Nancy Houston; Wedell, Robin; Thurber, Barton; Friedland, Gerald W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300091907 ISBN 13: 9780300091908

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Millions of people―many of them younger than we care to believe―are living in the aftermath of a heart attack, and it is vital for them to learn how to reduce the risk factors for subsequent heart problems. This unique and important book offers advice to survivors of a heart attack and also to those trying to prevent the onset of a heart attack. Contributors include not only distinguished medical professionals but also eleven individuals who either participated in a cardiac rehabilitation program or designed a program of their own. The patients―men and women of varied ages and ethnic backgrounds―relate their own histories, providing insight into the many faces of heart disease and inspiration and hope for other heart attack survivors.

The book includes:
· risk factors
· diets, diagnosis, and treatment
· ways to prevent angina from becoming a heart attack
· strategies for reversing coronary artery disease
· guidelines for choosing a cardiac rehabilitation program
· a description of cardiac rehabilitation in action

About this title

From the Publisher:

Published under the auspices of the Cardiac Therapy Foundation of the Midpeninsula, Palo Alto, California.

About the Author:

Kathleen Berra, clinical trial director at the Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, is cofounder of one of the first cardiac rehabilitation programs in the United States. Gerald W. Friedland is professor emeritus of radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine. Francis H. Koch is a consulting cardiologist to the Cardiac Therapy Foundation of the Midpeninsula, Palo Alto.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0300091907
• ISBN 13: 9780300091908
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232