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The easily referenced outline format allows health practitioners of all levels to understand and apply basic concepts to patient care--perfect for cardiothoracic and general surgery residents, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, cardiologists, medical students, and critical care nurses involved in the care of both routine and complex cardiac surgery patients.

• Paperback: 832 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 5 edition (January 18, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1444331434
• ISBN-13: 978-1444331431

Manual of Perioperative Care in Adult Cardiac Surgery [Paperback]

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In a time when both obesity and diabetes rise to new levels, Healthy Heart Miracle Diet cuts through the barrage of conflicting dietary rules issued from on-high and nails down how you can lose weight, boost your energy, and strengthen your heart.

Healthy Heart Miracle Diet: Lose Weight, Look Fabulous, and Live Longer--with Delicious, Filling Food! Paperback

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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 facts about the best treatments available and an innovative approach that shows how treatment programs can be tailored to meet the needs of each unique patient.

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Yale University Press; 1 edition (February 28, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0300122594
• ISBN-13: 978-0300122596

Heart Care for Life: Developing the Program That Works Best for You (Yale University Press Health & Wellness) [Paperback]

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In this groundbreaking volume, Dr. Mary McGowan draws on her years of clinical experience in working with real patients to create a proven, livable program for preventing and reversing cardiac disease. Heart Fitness for Life offers a comprehensive and down-to-earth life plan that includes:
* A 20 percent fat diet--which gets results because it is strict enough to make a difference but lenient enough for real people to stick with it
* A selection of delicious and easy low-fat recipes developed by a professional chef--including pizzas, pasta, and desserts
* A detailed investigation into the genetic basis of high blood cholesterol--and what to do about it
* A non-judgmental and supportive approach to cholesterol and blood pressure medications that explains when taking medication is appropriate and even necessary
* An energizing section on making exercise an exciting and fulfilling part of one's life, developed in tandem with an exercise physiologist
* A concrete plan for giving up smoking--that really works!
* An analysis of the connection between stress and heart disease, with tested stress-reduction techniques developed by a psychiatrist
And, at the core of Heart Fitness for Life are the stories of nine patients, ordinary men and women, who took on the challenge of fighting heart 

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (February 25, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195129091
• ISBN-13: 978-0195129090

Heart Fitness for Life: The Essential Guide for Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease [Paperback]

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If you have a heart bypass or heart valve procedure in your future you should find this book fascinating. While there are a lot of books that explain what a heart bypass is, there are not too many that will explain what you feel or what the overall the experience is like from the patient�s perspective. That is best to hear from a patient who has gone through it. If you have a loved one who will be undergoing heart surgery you will want to read this book because the information will be valuable and helpful to understanding what your family member is going through. If neither of those situations applies you may want to exit here; but before you go, here is a takeaway: heart disease happens.

• Paperback: 34 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 2, 2014)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1494421747
• ISBN-13: 978-1494421748

Heart Bypass: My Angina To Recovery Experience: A Patient's Perspective Of What Heart Surgery Is Like Paperback

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A book informing readers what is heart disease and what you can do to prevent it from killing you.

• Paperback: 50 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (October 29, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1480106011
• ISBN-13: 978-1480106017

What Is Heart Disease?: Nine Ways to Stop It From Killing You Paperback

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) influence various physiological processes including host defense, hormone biosynthesis, and cellular signaling. Increased ROS production (oxidative stress) is implicated in many diseases of the cardiovascular system, including hypertension, atherosclerosis, cardiac failure, stroke, diabetes, and kidney disease. ROS are produced throughout the cardiovascular system, in the kidney and central and peripheral nervous system.

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers (February 13, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1615043624
• ISBN-13: 978-1615043620

Reactive Oxygen Species and the Cardiovascular System (Colloquium Series on Integrated Systems Physiology) Paperback

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This text provides the surgeon and cardiologist with a unique review of the surgical options available for the treatment of patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction, including their indications and results. The full spectrum of surgical therapies is covered, from the more conventional techniques of coronary artery bypass, valve replacement, left ventricular aneurysm resection and transplantation to the new technique of ventriculectomy. The future of permanent mechanical hearts and xenotransplantation is also discussed. The authors include an international panel of experts with recognized expertise in their fields.
 

• Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: Springer; Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999 edition (October 4, 2013)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9401741425
• ISBN-13: 978-9401741422

Surgical Options for the Treatment of Heart Failure (Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine) [Paperback]

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Cardiac Pacing and ICDs, 6e is the ideal resource for clinicians who need an accessible, clinically-focused guide to cardiac pacemakers, ICDs and CRTs. Completely updated, and now with larger full-color images throughout, this new sixth edition offers thorough coverage of essential topics like:

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 6 edition (May 12, 2014)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1118459512
• ISBN-13: 978-1118459515

Cardiac Pacing and ICDs [Paperback]

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 A good mind knows the right answers, but a great mind knows the right questions. And never are the Best Questions more important than after the life-altering event of surviving a heart attack or being diagnosed with heart disease. Drawing on cutting-edge research and advice from internationally prominent cardiologists, the president of the American Heart Association, award-winning personal trainers and nutritionists, and experts in healthy lifestyles, smoking cessation, alcohol abuse, stress management, spirituality, relationships, sex, and financial planning, The 10 Best Questions� for Recovering from a Heart Attack is a holistic guide you'll take with you into your doctor's office and keep close to you through every step of your treatment and recovery.

• Paperback: 287 pages
• Publisher: Touchstone; 1 Original edition (May 19, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416560521
• ISBN-13: 978-1416560524

The 10 Best Questions for Recovering from a Heart Attack: The Script You Need to Take Control of Your Health [Paperback]