Heart attack! : advice for patients by patients / Kathleen Berra ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berra, Kathy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Myocardial infarction--Popular works.

Myocardial infarction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Part I Heart Attack Basics

1 Heart Attack and You / Kathleen Berra and

Gerald W. Friedland 3

Part II The Participants' Perspectives

2 A Heart Attack in the New Millennium / Jose Ibarra 23

3 Doing It My Way / Hans Forsell 29

4 It Takes a Team / Max Kramer 34

5 Reversing Angina / Helen L'Amoreaux 52

6 Preventive Medicine Works / Peter Jones 61

7 Modern Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, and My Angina /

David Moses 67

8 Success without Angioplasty or Surgery /

Jacob Gershon 76

9 Miracles Can Happen with the Two Ds / Verne Peters 88

to Young People Do Not Get Heart Attacks (WRONG!) /

Sonny Adams 94

11 Myth: You Are Lucky to Be a Woman / Joy Sing 102

12 Risk Factors from a Patient's Perspective /

Jerry Fox 112

Part III The Health Professionals' Perspetives

13 The Complexities of Proper Nutrition /

Christopher Gardner 123

14 Testing and Treatment / Francis H. Koch 153

15 An Introduction to Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs /

Kathleen Berra 169

16 Cardiac Rehabilitation in Action / Donna Louie,

Nancy Houston Miller, and Robin Wedell 175.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611740894

9781281740892

1281740896

9780300127454

0300127456

OCLC:

1023993677