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Heart Care for Life : Developing the Program That Works Best for You /
More than 70 million Americans have some form of heart disease. For each of them, obtaining accurate information about the disease and the many options for dealing with it can be both empowering and life saving. In this book, cardiologist Dr. Barry L. Zaret and Genell Subak-Sharpe offer up-to-date f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven, CT :
Yale University Press,
[2008]
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| Colección: | Yale University Press Health & Wellness
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Content
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. A Personalized Plan: The Key to a Lifelong Heart Program
- PART I. Lifestyle and Heart Health
- 2. Exercise Your Way to a Healthy Heart and Body
- 3. Adopting a Heart-Healthy Diet
- 4. Stress, Depression, and Other Psychological Factors
- 5. Controlling and Stopping Smoking
- PART II. The Basics of Lifelong Treatment
- 6. Diagnostic Tests and Procedures
- 7. Treating Your Heart Condition
- 8. Alternative and Complementary Therapies
- PART III. Populations with Special Concerns
- 9. Heart Care for Women
- 10. Heart Disease in the Elderly
- 11. Heart Disease in Minority Populations
- 12. Young Athletes and Heart Disease
- 13. Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
- 14. Practical Advice for Travelers
- PART IV. Advances in Treating Heart Disease and Hope for the Future
- 15. Recently Developed Devices and Procedures
- 16. Biologically Based Therapies
- 17. Experimental Treatments and Clinical Trials
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- Further Reading and Resources
- Index