Heart health for patients
Heart health at your fingertips. Graham Jackson, Alan Goble. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2002 (260 pp). ISBN 0 07 471092 3.	Heart health at your fingertips is an excellent guide about your heart and how to keep it healthy, or — if it has been affected by heart disease — how to make it as strong as possible. Experienced cardiology experts have combined together the most common questions asked by their patients and have answered them in simple, easy-to-understand terms, exploring everything from the causes of heart disease, including coronary heart disease, angina and palpitations, to tips on how to adapt your lifestyle to include a healthy heart. This book is considered recommended reading for those with heart-related conditions, including their friends and family, as well as those interested in preventing heart problems. Features: How the heart works and how to keep it healthy Explanations on common heart-related ailments such as heart attacks and angina Advice on diet, exercise and other lifestyle issues User-friendly question-and-answer approach Useful contacts, facilities and resources available in Australia
	"I believe that any patient who wishes to know more about their heart disease and its prevention and treatment would be well advised to read this book." Michael Jelinek Director of Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital, VIC
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