Surviving and Thriving With Heart Disease

This book is a comprehensive and empowering book on heart disease that offers a complete picture of managing and living with heart disease. The book, which expands on a previous edition, A Patient' s Guide to Hearth Rhythm Problem, published by JHU Press, explores many guideline-based practices, while also sharing supplemental therapies that patients may have otherwise not known about and benefit from including osteopathic therapy, yoga/meditation, mindfulness, etc. Chapters take a deep dive to such procedures as tilt table testing, electrophysiology studies, catheter ablation, and device implantation (including cardiac monitors, pacemakers, defibrillators, and biventricular devices); explains the essentials of CPR and the use of Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs); and presents the latest guidelines from the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the Heart Rhythm Society.

Surviving and Thriving With Heart Disease
will be a valuable resource for practicing clinicians treating patients with cardiovascular disease as well as nurse practitioners, other medical professionals, and patients.

PART 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.