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How to Keep From Breaking Your Heart, Second Edition

Author(s): Barbara H. Roberts, MD, FACC, Miriam Hospital Women's Cardiac Center - Brown University Program in Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763760502
  • Paperback    269 pages      © 2009
Price: International Sales $29.95 US List
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Overview

Over 40% of all women will die of cardiovascular disease. This is a startling statistic, one that surprises most people -- and, unfortunately, many doctors, as well. In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Barbara Roberts explains the real-life effects of the grim statistics on women’s heart disease and provides a common sense guide to treatment and reducing risk. Aimed at women (and the men who love them), How to Keep From Breaking Your Heart Second Edition will arm you with information about every weapon medicine has at its disposal to fight the nation’s number one killer.

Dr. Roberts, a board certified cardiologist and Director of the Women's Cardiac Center at the Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, shows how differences in symptoms, testing, treatment, and attitudes regarding female vs. male heart disease have resulted in inordinate illness and death amongst women. She then presents a clear, authoritative roadmap for readers to improve their cardiac health. By explaining how to improve your cardiac health and, where necessary, find the best treatment possible, Dr. Roberts provides a practical resource that teaches you how to keep your heart healthy.

The Second Edition contains updated drug information and new studies and research!

 

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Chapter  1  The Normal Heart
Chapter  2  What Can Go Wrong: The Short Version
Chapter  3  What Are Risk Factors and Why Should You Be Concerned about Them?
Chapter  4  Know Your Numbers: Prevention Is in Your Control
Chapter  5  “I’m Out of Estrogen and I Have a Gun!”: The Great Estrogen Controversy
Chapter  6  The Diseased Heart in Greater Depth
Chapter  7  Signs and Symptoms of Heart Disease: The Chest Pain Conundrum
Chapter  8  Diagnostic Tests for Heart Disease: Are There Differences Between Men and Women?
Chapter  9  Medical Therapy for Heart Disease
Chapter  10  Catheter-Based Therapy for Heart Disease
Chapter  11  Surgical Therapy for Heart Disease
Chapter  12  Gender Bias in Medicine: Fact or Fiction?
Chapter  13  What’s on the Horizon? New and Emerging Treatments
Chapter  14  A Look Back at the History of Medicine (We've Come A Long Way, Baby!)
Chapter  15  Resources On- and Off-Line
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Barbara H. Roberts, MD, FACC-Miriam Hospital Women's Cardiac Center - Brown University Program in Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island

Barbara H. Roberts, MD, FACC, received her medical degree in 1968 from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and did her residency at the prestigious Yale New Haven Medical Center from 1969-1971. After three years as a staff associate at the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Roberts undertook a fellowship in cardiology at Harvard University/Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Since 1977, she has had a private cardiology practice in Providence, Rhode Island. In addition, Dr. Roberts is currently director of the Women’s Cardiac Center at the Miriam Hospital and an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine for the Brown University Program in Medicine. Dr. Roberts was named Physician of the Year in 2003 by the Rhode Island branch of the American Heart Association. She is married and has three adult children.

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