Cardiovascular Diseases And Disorders Sourcebook
Subtitle: Basic Consumer Health Information About Heart And Vascular Diseases And Disorders (Health Reference Series)
Edition: 3 edition
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: February 25, 2005
Place of publication: Detroit, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 650
ISBN-13: 9780780807396
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Popular medicine; Popular works; Diseases - Heart; Consumer Health; Medical; Reference; Diseases; Heart
Table of contents: title: How the heart works -- Heart disease and stroke statistics -- Risk factors for cardiovascular disease -- Blood tests can help determine risk of coronary artery disease -- Genetics of coronary artery disease -- Aging and the heart -- Stress and heart disease -- Smoking and cardiovascular diseases -- Metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risks -- The heart and the thyroid gland -- Depression and heart disease -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): you can do it -- Automatic external defibrillators (AEDS) -- How to keep your heart healthy -- Eating for a healthy heart -- High blood cholesterol: what you need to know -- Understanding cholesterol and fat -- Fish oil and heart health -- If you have high blood pressure -- Heart health for people with diabetes -- Physical activity fundamental in preventing obesity and cardiovascular disease -- Young adult fitness protects heart health in middle age -- What you should know before using aspirin to lower cardiovascular risks -- Cardiac rehabilitation -- Information about sexual activity for heart patients -- Facts about coronary heart disease -- Angina -- Heart attack -- Sudden cardiac death -- Silent ischemia -- Arrhythmias -- Heart failure -- Cardiomyopathy -- Valvular disease -- Congenital heart defects -- Patent foramen ovale (PFO) -- Rheumatic heart disease -- Bacterial endocarditis -- Pericarditis -- Atherosclerosis -- Stroke -- Brain aneurysms -- Abdominal aortic aneurysm -- Peripheral arterial disease and claudication -- Critical limb ischemia -- Raynaud's phenomenon -- What you need to know about vasculitis -- Diseases of the veins -- Pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis -- Varicose veins and spider veins -- Diagnosing heart disease -- Blood tests used in the diagnosis and management of heart disease -- Exercise stress testing -- Echocardiograms -- Electrocardiograms (EKG; ECG) -- Computer imaging and tomography used in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases -- What you need to know about your angiography test -- Cardiac catheterization -- Nuclear ventriculography -- Treating heart disease -- Cholesterol-lowering medicines -- Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors -- Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) -- Are ARBs better than ACE inhibitors? -- Anticoagulation medications -- Beta-adrenergic blockers -- Calcium channel blockers -- Digoxin -- Nitroglycerin -- Questions and answers about carotid endarterectomy -- Angioplasty and stenting procedures -- Cardiac ablation -- Electrical cardioversion -- Cardiac pacemakers, ventricular assist devices, and cardiac resynchronization -- Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) -- Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) -- Valve replacement and repair -- Other types of corrective heart surgery -- Facts about heart and heart-lung transplants -- Total artificial heart -- Facts about women and heart disease -- Effects of heart disease on childbearing -- Birth control pill linked to heart disease protein -- Hormone therapy and coronary heart disease -- Research on women and heart disease -- New marker linked with heart disease in women -- Homocysteine: the new "bad boy" of vascular diseases -- C-reactive protein as a predictor of cardiovascular disease -- Can vitamin E supplements help prevent cardiovascular disease? -- Does garlic have an effect on cardiovascular risks and disease? -- Study finds possible new indicator of heart disease risk -- Is there an association between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease? -- Treadmill testing, EKG, and CT scans not recommended for screening patients at low risk for heart disease -- "Polypill" and heart disease prevention -- Light-to-moderate drinking may reduce heart disease risk in men -- A plan to prevent brain damage after cardiac arrest -- Recent research on stroke -- Trial of EDTA chelation therapy for coronary artery disease -- Cellular therapy: potential treatment for heart disease -- Glossary of cardiovascular terms -- Cookbooks for cardiovascular health -- Directory of resources for cardiovascular patients.