
Cardiovascular Health
Living Your Best with a Healthy Heart
Martin Juneau(Author)
Dundurn Press
Published on 13. March 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-4597-3893-5 (ISBN)
Description
A complete guide to the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Being diagnosed with a cardiovascular disease seems unlikely to many, yet cardiovascular diseases are actually the leading cause of mortality worldwide. The good news is that by modifying our lifestyle habits, it's possible to increase both our number of healthy years and our lifespan. While modern medicine has an impressive arsenal of drugs, imaging techniques, and intervention procedures and can usually save patients in the acute phase of a heart attack, heart specialists recommend that we adopt a proactive attitude with respect to disease prevention.
In a simple, easy-to-read style, Dr. Martin Juneau examines specific case studies from his own extensive clinical practice to explain new issues in heart health. From the incredible importance of exercise and diet to the unsuspected role of stress and air pollution, Cardiovascular Health explains how the heart functions, describes coronary bypasses and other rescue procedures, explores promising new research, and teaches you about the risks and preventative steps you can take to maintain a happy, healthy heart.
Being diagnosed with a cardiovascular disease seems unlikely to many, yet cardiovascular diseases are actually the leading cause of mortality worldwide. The good news is that by modifying our lifestyle habits, it's possible to increase both our number of healthy years and our lifespan. While modern medicine has an impressive arsenal of drugs, imaging techniques, and intervention procedures and can usually save patients in the acute phase of a heart attack, heart specialists recommend that we adopt a proactive attitude with respect to disease prevention.
In a simple, easy-to-read style, Dr. Martin Juneau examines specific case studies from his own extensive clinical practice to explain new issues in heart health. From the incredible importance of exercise and diet to the unsuspected role of stress and air pollution, Cardiovascular Health explains how the heart functions, describes coronary bypasses and other rescue procedures, explores promising new research, and teaches you about the risks and preventative steps you can take to maintain a happy, healthy heart.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Bibliography; 81 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4597-3893-5 (9781459738935)
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Persons
Dr. Martin Juneau is a cardiologist who
has worked for over thirty years in clinical practice,
teaching, and research. He is the director of the
prevention division at the Montreal Heart Institute
(MHI), and the director of the cardiac rehabilitation
and prevention centre of the MHI (EPIC Centre). He
is a clinical professor of medicine in the Faculty of
Medicine at the University of Montreal. He lives in
Longueuil, Quebec.
Content
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Healthy Life Expectancy and Chronic Disease
- Chapter 2: Coronary Disease and Its Treatments
- Chapter 3: The Heart of the Problem: Atherosclerosis
- Chapter 4: Diet and Cardiovascular Disease
- Chapter 5: Diet: Effects on Human Planetary Health
- Chapter 6: Exercise: The Best Medicine
- Chapter 7: Stress and Cardiac Disease
- Chapter 8: Tobacco and Electronic Cigarettes
- Chapter 9: Statins in Primary and Secondary Prevention
- Conclusion
- To Learn More ...
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- About the EPIC Centre
- Photo Credits