The Sheldon Short Guide to Heart Attacks

Informationen zum Autor Mark Greener is an award-winning medical and bioscience writer and journalist. He is clinical editor for Pharmacy Magazine and the author of several health books. Klappentext Short guides let you grasp the essentials in less than an hour! Zusammenfassung Coronary heart disease (CHD) still the leading cause of death in the UK - heart attacks kill about 88!000 people a year - around one person every six minutes Despite these sobering statistics! a heart attack isn't a death sentence! thanks to improved treatments and increased awareness. This short. Reassuring book shows how combining drugs and lifestyle changes can help you survive - and prevent - heart attacks. Topics include: · The anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system · Risk factors for heart attack · Causes of heart attacks · Symptoms in men! women! and the elderly · Why rapid treatment helps you survive · Prognosis and the prospects of living a normal life · How you and the doctor can increase the chances of survival

Product details

• Authors: Mark Greener, Greener Mark
• Publisher: Sheldon Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781847093844
• ISBN: 978-1-84709-384-4
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 178 mm x 8 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Herz, Herzkrankheit, Family & health, HEALTH & FITNESS / Healthy Living & Personal Hygiene