The New Living Heart
In the time it takes to read this review, six Americans will die from heart disease. Annually, the ailment kills nearly one million people and affects one in four over the course of a lifetime at an estimated cost of close to $50 billion. World-renowned heart specialists DeBakey and Gotto have revised their 1977 publication (The Living Heart, LJ 4/1/77) to reflect the enormous changes in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of heart disease over the past 20 years. Designed for the lay reader, this new version offers comprehensive chapters on diagnostic procedures; conditions such as atherosclerosis, aneurysms, hypertension, stroke, and congenital and acquired heart diseases; risk factors and healthy-heart lifestyles; surgical and drug therapies; and the vascular system. Liberally illustrated, this book includes a substantial glossary. The writing is clear, though the many medical terms may occasionally bog down the lay reader. Still, this is a very good book on heart disease for the general public. Highly recommended. (Index not seen.)?Anne C. Tomlin, Auburn Memorial Hosp. Lib., N.Y.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.