State of the Heart
eBook - ePub

State of the Heart

Exploring the History, Science, and Future of Cardiac Disease

  1. 343 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

State of the Heart

Exploring the History, Science, and Future of Cardiac Disease

About this book

The esteemed cardiologist and author takes readers inside the ER, inside patients' rooms, and inside the history and science of cardiac disease.

State of the Heart traces the entire arc of the heart, from the very first time it was depicted on stone tablets, to a future in which it may very well become redundant. While heart disease has been around for a while, the type of heart disease people have, why they have it, and how it's treated is changing. Yet, the golden age of heart science is only just beginning. And with treatments of heart disease altering the very definitions of human life and death, there is no better time to look at the present and future of heart disease, the doctors and nurses who treat it, the patients and caregivers who live with it, and the stories they hold close to their chests.
In  State of the Heart, the journey to rid the world of heart disease is shown to be reflective of the journey of medical science at large. We are learning not only that women have as much heart disease as men, but that the type of heart disease women experience is diametrically different from that in men. We are learning that heart disease and cancer may have more in common than we could have imagined. And we are learning how human evolution itself may have led to the epidemic of heart disease. In understanding how our knowledge of the heart evolved,  State of the Heart traces the twisting and turning road that science has taken—filled with potholes and blind turns—all the way back to its very origin.

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Yes, you can access State of the Heart by Haider Warraich in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Cardiology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

eBook ISBN
9781250169716
Subtopic
Cardiology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. 1. Darkness Before Dawn
  7. 2. The Heart—A Love Story
  8. 3. The Elephant in the Room (Sitting on the Chest)
  9. 4. You Are What You Eat
  10. 5. The Method in the Madness
  11. 6. The Passion of the Heart
  12. 7. A Stent in Time
  13. 8. The Heart of a Woman
  14. 9. First to Live, Last to Die
  15. 10. The Morbid Dance of Cancer and Heart Disease
  16. 11. The Heart of the Matter
  17. Notes
  18. Index
  19. Also by Haider Warraich
  20. Praise for State of the Heart
  21. About the Author
  22. Newsletter Sign-up
  23. Contents
  24. Copyright