
State of the Heart
Exploring the History, Science, and Future of Cardiac Disease
- 343 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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.
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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,Â
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Darkness Before Dawn
- 2. The Heart—A Love Story
- 3. The Elephant in the Room (Sitting on the Chest)
- 4. You Are What You Eat
- 5. The Method in the Madness
- 6. The Passion of the Heart
- 7. A Stent in Time
- 8. The Heart of a Woman
- 9. First to Live, Last to Die
- 10. The Morbid Dance of Cancer and Heart Disease
- 11. The Heart of the Matter
- Notes
- Index
- Also by Haider Warraich
- Praise for State of the Heart
- About the Author
- Newsletter Sign-up
- Contents
- Copyright