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Book SynopsisPART ONE: The Basics.- Overview: Your Heart.- Talk to Your Heart Doctor.- Monitor Your Pulse: Heartbeat and Rhythm.- Your Heart Pump: One Muscle, One Life.- Lifestyle Modifications: Eat Right, Exercise, and Reduce Stress.- Part two: Heart Rhythm Problems.- Slow and Fast Rhythms.- Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation, and Sudden Cardiac Arrest.- Supraventricular Tachycardia.- Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter.- Syncope.- Part 3: Heart Muscle Problems.- Coronary Artery Blockages and Heart Attacks.- Valve Disease.- Heart Muscle Problems: Cardiomyopathy.- Heart Failure.- Hereditary Conditions and Congenital Heart Disease.- Part Four: Tests.- Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG).- Stress Testing and Preparation for Cardiac Procedures.- Echocardiogram.- Monitoring Devices (Wearable and Implantable).- Computerized Axial Tomography (CT) Angiogram, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and PET Scan.- Electrophysiology Study (EP Study).- Tilt Table Test.- Cardiac Catheterization: Coronary Angiogram, Left Ventriculogram, and Aortogram.- Part Five: Treatments (Surviving).- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)/Stenting.- Heart Medications.- Cardioversion and Defibrillation.- Repair and Replacement of Malfunctioning Valves: Surgery, TAVR, and MitraClip.- Repair and Replacement of Malfunctioning Valves: Surgery, TAVR, and MitraClip.- Catheter Ablation.- Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators (Includes Leadless Pacemakers, Wearable and Subcutaneous Defibrillators).- Implants for Heart Failure (Biventricular and other "Optimizing" devices).- Left Atrial Occlusive Devices.- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).- Valve Repair and Replacement.- Heart Assist Devices, Artificial Hearts, and Heart Transplantation Surgery.- Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Repair of Atrial Septal Defects.- PART SIX: Treatments: Cardiac Risk Factors and Lifestyle Modifications (THRIVING).- High Cholesterol.- High Blood Pressure or Hypertension.- Obesity.- Smoking.- Diabetes.- Yoga and Meditation.- Mindfulness.- Children and Heart Disease.- Connective Tissue Disorders and Autoimmune Disorders.- 'Part Seven: Being Proactive.- Preventing Heart Disease.- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and the Automatic External Defibrillator.- Patient Follow-up: Remote Monitoring and Telemedicine.- Smartphone and Wearable Technology and Heart Health.- Racial disparities and Gender differences in Heart Disease.- Support Groups, Counseling, and other resources.- Defensive Patienting: A Primer on Patient Safety.- Robotics and Heart Disease.- Supplements.- Infections of the Heart.
