Success with Heart Failure (mass mkt ed) Help and Hope for Those with Congestive Heart Failure

by Silver, Marc

• ISBN13: 9780738210728
• ISBN10: 0738210722
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-05
• Publisher: Da Capo Press

Summary

Up-to-date information on available and forthcoming medical and surgical treatments. How attitude and emotion affect heart failure-and what you can do to stay positive. Tips for adopting a heart-healthy diet and lifestyle. Ways to forge a positive working relationship with your doctor or cardiologist.

Author Biography

Marc Silver, M.D., is one of the country’s leading experts on congestive heart failure.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. x
How to Read This Book	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xix
Don't Be Angry	p. 1
The Challenge of Heart Failure	p. 7
Evaluating Your Condition	p. 33
How Attitude and Emotion Affect Heart Failure: Mind-Body Relationships	p. 70
Doctor-Patient Relationships: How to Find and Work with the Right Physicians	p. 89
Heart Attacks and Heart Failure: What's the Difference?	p. 100
Conventional Treatments for Heart Failure	p. 108
Summary of Common Heart Failure Drugs: Indications, Doses, Side Effects, and Interactions with Other Drugs	p. 129
Heart Transplantation	p. 153
Experimental Approaches for Treating Heart Failure: What Clinical Trials are All About	p. 165
Food and Heart Failure	p. 186
Other Forms of Treatment for Heart Failure	p. 210
Quality of Life	p. 224
How to Stay Out of the Hospital	p. 232
The Young Person with Heart Failure	p. 255
For Families Only	p. 267
The Fearsome Twosome: Pulmonary Hypertension and Sudden Death	p. 275
The Future of Heart Failure	p. 281
[e-mail]	p. 286
Appendices
Glossary of Heart Failure Terms	p. 297
Resources for More Information and Help for Patients with Heart Failure	p. 307
Heart Failure and Exercise	p. 320
Index	p. 329
About the Author	p. 345
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