Be Heart Smart: Prevent a Heart Attack
Are you willing to bet your life that you know your heart attack risk? Or that you know how to act and react to the signs of a heart attack to save the life of a loved one? Heart disease is still the leading cause of death for men and women throughout the world. Its a life-threatening mistake to assume that you are not at risk for a heart attack. Heart Smart (Wiley and Sons) gives you the heart disease information you need to protect yourself!
- Most heart attack victims have no warning symptoms before their heart attack.
- One in four heart attack victims have normal cholesterol levels.
- One in three heart attacks are fatal within the first hour.
- Millions of unsuspecting, healthy people are at high risk for heart attacks with undiagnosed cardiac risk factors.
Heart Smart: The Ultimate Heart Attack Prevention Guide
The ultimate patient guide to preventing heart disease, this critically acclaimed book from the distinguished publisher Wiley and Sons puts you back in control of your heart health. Learn to:
- Recognize and react to the symptoms of chest pain and a heart attack.
- Create a detailed plan to lower your bad and raise your good cholesterol to meet the latest national guidelines.
- Identify and treat the deadly traditional and newer emerging cardiac risk factors, including C-reactive protein and homocysteine.
- Seek out the hottest cardiac imaging technology that could save your life.
- Calculate your cardiac risk with a unique and updated interactive Heart Smart risk calculator.
- Start living heart healthy with 101 things you can do now to prevent a heart attack.
- Learn about heart healthy super foods, good fats, bad fats, garlic, wine, nuts, fish oil and other heart supplements.
- Protect yourself with proven must have life saving heart medications.
You owe it to yourself and your loved ones to read Heart Smart today. Check out the Table of Contents and Introduction to see what's inside!
"If you are looking to take control of your heart health, Heart Smart is the book for you."
Byron K. Lee M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco, Division of Cardiology
