Heartbook
Subtitle: a guide to prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases
By: American Heart Association ; illus. by Ilil Arbel.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780525930563
Subjects: Cardiovascular system -- Diseases; Heart -- Diseases
Description: Includes material about "personal risk factors, stroke, hypertension, diet and nutrition, cholesterol, smoking (and how to stop), surgery, drugs, emergency treatment, exercise, and how to live with heart disease."
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Risk factors and cardiovascular disease; title: Hazards of smoking; title: Diet and nutrition; title: Exercise; title: Living with cardiovascular disease; title: Cardiac emergencies; title: The annual checkup; title: How the heart functions; title: Symptoms of cardiovascular disease; title: Hypertension; title: Coronary artery disease; title: Arrhythmias; title: Congestive heart failure; title: Peripheral arterial disease; title: Peripheral venous disease; title: Congenital heart defects; title: Rheumatic fever; title: Heart valve disease; title: Stroke; title: Cardiovascular surgery; title: Cardiovascular drugs; title: Other forms of heart diease; title: Pregnancy and the cardiovascular system; title: Behavioral risk factors