American Heart Association guide to heart attack : treatment, recovery, and prevention /

American Heart Association guide to heart attack : treatment, recovery, and prevention /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Heart Association
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Times Books, [1996]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Myocardial infarction > Popular works.
Patient education.
Myocardial Infarction > popular works.
Patient Education as Topic.
Cardiovascular Diseases > prevention & control > popular works.
Risk Factors > popular works.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction - Taking stock, taking charge
  • What happens during a heart attack - and why
  • The hospital experience
  • Medications
  • Considering surgery or other interventions
  • Getting better day by day
  • Assessing your progress
  • The risk factor connection
  • Cigarettes and heart disease - calling it quits
  • Nutrition
  • Exercise
  • The role of stress
  • Coping with emotional aspects of heart attack
  • Being prepared
  • App.A - Eating out
  • App.B. American Heart Association affiliates.