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Be Heart Smart: Understand, Treat, and Prevent Coronary Heart Disease
If you have coronary heart disease, this book could save your life. Coronary heart disease (CHD) takes the lives of 2,000 Americans every day. But you don’t have to be one of them. If you’ve been diagnosed with CHD or suffered a heart attack, you can still live a long, heart-healthy life. Be Heart Smart shows you how. In this definitive guide to CHD, cardiologist Waqar Khan, MD, MPH, answers your questions and gives you easy-to-follow advice for preventing heart attacks and keeping your heart in tip-top shape. It’s like having your own personal cardiologist on call. Using real-life patient stories and the latest evidence-based science, Dr. ● Explains what CHD is and how it affects the body ● Explores the root causes and risk factors for CHD ● Describes the different types of heart attacks and their warning signs ● Walks you through the tests used to diagnose coronary problems ● Discusses the medications prescribed to combat CHD, including their side effects ● Reveals the latest surgical advancements in surgical and non-surgical interventions to open clogged arteries and prevent heart attacks ● Offers simple approaches to eating better, exercising, quitting smoking, and losing weight Dr. Khan even includes a glossary of commonly used medical terms. Plus, he shares online resources that can help you with everything from assessing your risk level and setting health goals to cooking heart-supportive meals. Written in easy-to-understand language, Be Heart Smart will help you (and your loved ones) gain a better understanding of CHD and give you the knowledge you need to take charge of your heart health.
211 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 10, 2018
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October 28, 2018
This is the best book on heart I’ve read so far! The author was able to explain the medical concepts in an easy to understand language. He writes with the best intention of helping a patient understand what is going on in your heart, what are the treatments available, as well as how you can live your life if you have heart condition or how to prevent one.
Simply put I really enjoyed this book that I would recommend this to anyone with a heart (literally).
Simply put I really enjoyed this book that I would recommend this to anyone with a heart (literally).
October 28, 2019
Coronary Heart Disease is the number one killer in the United States. If you haven’t been affected by it the probability is that someone close to you has. This is a subject which all of us should learn about and be prepared to take the appropriate steps when the situation arises. The minutes and days surrounding a coronary event are crucial and the more you know the better the outcome.
Be Heart Smart is a clear, down to earth, primer on the subject. Although Khan appropriately includes numerous technical terms, in each case he helps the reader understand their meaning and significance. He doesn’t leave us hanging wondering what he is saying or try to impress us with knowledge.
The book is laid out in such to help the reader systematically work through the different kinds of heart issues, their consequences, and remedies. In each case he highlights patients who have overcome life threatening situations, made the necessary life changes, and have gone on to live productive, fruitful lives.
Khan makes the reader heart aware and in so doing helps the reader know how to help themselves and others.
Upon request the publisher sent me a copy of the book to review.
Be Heart Smart is a clear, down to earth, primer on the subject. Although Khan appropriately includes numerous technical terms, in each case he helps the reader understand their meaning and significance. He doesn’t leave us hanging wondering what he is saying or try to impress us with knowledge.
The book is laid out in such to help the reader systematically work through the different kinds of heart issues, their consequences, and remedies. In each case he highlights patients who have overcome life threatening situations, made the necessary life changes, and have gone on to live productive, fruitful lives.
Khan makes the reader heart aware and in so doing helps the reader know how to help themselves and others.
Upon request the publisher sent me a copy of the book to review.
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