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This has been an important year for the study of heart failure with advances being made on a number of fronts, in pharmacological therapy, surgery and the use of mechanical devices. In addition, we are now in a position to properly evaluate the results of a number of major trials and in this volume the editor presents a critical analysis of these findings. Included here are discussions of nine recent studies including the CHARM, EPHESUS, LIDO and OVERTURE trials, the latest studies of beta-blockers (COMET and CAPRICORN), TNF alpha-inhibitors (ATTACH) and endothelin antagonists (RITZ-4). Also reviewed are the recent studies of devices used in resynchronisation therapy (MIRACLE and COMPANION), cardiac splints (ACORN) and also surgical procedures such as CABG (the STITCH trial). ... Read more

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Acute heart failure has relatively recently been recognized as a distinct entity within the continuum of heart failure.Patients with acute heart failure present to the emergency department when they are unable to breathe, and their pathophysiology differs from that of patients sitting in a doctor's office.Medical literature is just beginning to catch up with this distinct and challenging problem.This issue of Heart Failure Clinics should make an important contribution to the literature with its coverage of transportation and EMT services, triage, and specific treatment for patients in acute heart failure, including advanced treatment methods. ... Read more

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Resynchronization and Defibrillation for Heart Failure: A Practical Approach is one of the first texts to provide caregivers with information about the background and application of this new and rapidly expanding discipline. Its five authors are cardiologists who have expertise in device management, electrophysiology, and heart failure management. The text integrates the approach and management experience of the authors’ three institutions. The aim is to bring together information from subspecialists in device management, electrophysiology, and heart failure management in an effort to facilitate the care of the patient with CRT. ... Read more

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Our Roller Coaster Ride is about the last six years of my husband's life. He had a tough battle with congestive heart failure. We had very eventful, harassing and hurtful times, yet some were also beautiful. There are so many memories that have been created. My times, his disease brought smiles, but also tears. I had a hard time coping with his illness. At times, I thought that I was the only one this was happening to, but after talking to the hospital staff, I found out that maybe I wasn't. I wrote this book to let others know that they are not alone, and maybe some of my experiences or bits of advice will help you cope better than I did at times. We always have to remember that there is so much wrong with them, and we will never understand what they are going through. We are their backbone and support, so we have to always stay strong for them. Good luck to all. ... Read more

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Research in the field of nitric oxide (NO) has grownexponentially since 1998, when three prominent researchers wererecognized by Nobel prize awards. With the expansion in knowledge andthe growing number of publications on the role of NO in severaldisciplines, it has become necessary to separately review the currentknowledge of the role of NO in the pathophysiology and therapeutics ofthe major cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary artery disease andatherosclerosis, acute coronary syndromes and myocardial infarction,and heart failure. The emerging literature on the therapeuticimplications of NO in pulmonary hypertension is also reviewed. Thisfirst volume is a compilation of a series of comprehensive reviewarticles on selected topics that were published in the Journalof Heart Failure Reviews. The 20 excellent articles werecontributed by some of the leading basic and clinician scientists inthe field. The articles are well balanced and address clinicallypertinent issues. The book should serve as an excellent referencesource for basic science and medical students, medical residents andpostdoctoral fellows, pharmacologists, physicians, cardiologists,cardiovascular surgeons, endocrinologists, nephrologists, andneurologists. It is our hope that the book will become a companion forcardiovascular researchers and scientists working in the field of NO,the role of NO in cardiovascular pathophysiology, and the developmentof NO-related targets for cardiovascular therapeutics. ... Read more

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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has evolved into a first-line imaging tool for several cardiac pathologies over the past decade. It is continuing to evolve as new applications are found and old ones are refined.This issue has a dual focus. One aspect of focus is on the areas in which CMI is the best modality, such as assessment of cardiac morphology and cardiac function, evaluation of pericardial disease and intracardiac masses, and detection of coronary artery disease.The other focus is on areas in which the role of CMI is expanding, such as in the assessment of left and right ventricular diastolic function. ... Read more

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University of Glasgow, U.K. Clinical text on heart failure, for cardiologists and medical students. Defines the components of heart failure, its affect on other body systems, and its treatment, including the use of diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and digoxin. Softcover. 8 U.K. contributors. DNLM: Heart Failure, Congestive. ... Read more

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Now in its fourth edition, the Atlas of Heart Failure provides a comprehensive up-to-date overview of normal cardiacfunction, the mechanisms of dysfunction in heart failure, and the therapeutic approaches that are available to manage the syndrome.Designed to provide a detailed and comprehensive visula exposition of all aspects of cardiac function and dysfunction, this atlas contains several hundred images, each accompanied by detailed captions, carefully selected by expert authors, and reviewed by the author. ... Read more

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Heart failure affects over 5 million patients in the United States alone, and is a chronic and debilitating disease. While a number of pharmacologic therapies have shown varying degrees of effectiveness, many recent advances in the treatment of heart failure has focused on device based therapies. In Device Therapy in Heart Failure, William H. Maisel and a panel of authorities on the use and implementation of device based therapies provide a comprehensive overview of the current and developing technologies that are used to treat heart failure. Individual chapters provide an in-depth analysis of devices such as CRT’s and ICD’s, while broader topics such as the pathophysiology of heart failure and its current medical therapies are also discussed. Additional topics include Pacing and Defibrillation for Atrial Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, and Percutaneous Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease.

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Now in its fourth edition, the Atlas of Heart Failure provides a comprehensive up-to-date overview of normal cardiacfunction, the mechanisms of dysfunction in heart failure, and the therapeutic approaches that are available to manage the syndrome.Designed to provide a detailed and comprehensive visula exposition of all aspects of cardiac function and dysfunction, this atlas contains several hundred images, each accompanied by detailed captions, carefully selected by expert authors, and reviewed by the author. ... Read more

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Heart failure affects over 5 million patients in the United States alone, and is a chronic and debilitating disease. While a number of pharmacologic therapies have shown varying degrees of effectiveness, many recent advances in the treatment of heart failure has focused on device based therapies. In Device Therapy in Heart Failure, William H. Maisel and a panel of authorities on the use and implementation of device based therapies provide a comprehensive overview of the current and developing technologies that are used to treat heart failure. Individual chapters provide an in-depth analysis of devices such as CRT’s and ICD’s, while broader topics such as the pathophysiology of heart failure and its current medical therapies are also discussed. Additional topics include Pacing and Defibrillation for Atrial Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, and Percutaneous Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease.

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This unique resource provides today’s state-of-the-art guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure in children and adolescents. Contributions from the fields of surgery, intensive care, pediatrics, and cardiology emphasize a balanced, team approach to heart failure management. * Compendium of pharmacologic treatment options in pediatric heart failure. * Covers all options of pediatric management, including surgical strategies and future treatment options. * Focuses on team management of pediatric heart failure. ... Read more

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With the warmth, humor, and compassion we have come to expect, Maeve Binchy tells a story of  doctors and staff, patients, family, and friends at a heart clinic in a community caught between the old Ireland and the new.
 
Dr. Clara Casey agrees to take on the seemingly thankless task of establishing a clinic with little funding—for a year. With her own plate full—two troublesome grown daughters and a needy ex-husband—she is still able to gather a wonderfully diverse and dedicated staff. And before long she has done the impossible, made the clinic a success and a aprt of the community. Now Clara must decide whether or not to stay.Amazon.com Review
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With the insight, humor, and compassion we have come to expect from her, Maeve Binchy tells a story of family, friends, patients, and staff who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old and the new Ireland.

Dr. Clara Casey has been offered the thankless job of establishing the underfunded clinic and agrees to take it on for a year. She has plenty on her plate already—two difficult adult daughters and the unwanted attentions of her ex-husband—but she assembles a wonderfully diverse staff devoted to helping their demanding, often difficult patients.

Before long the clinic is established as an essential part of the community, and Clara must decide whether or not to leave a place where lives are saved, courage is rewarded, and humor and optimism triumph over greed and self-pity.

Heart and Soul is Maeve Binchy at her storytelling best.

A Conversation with Maeve Binchy

Question: Your novels often explore the concept of love. Can you name a few of your favorite literary love stories?
Maeve Binchy: I think most people read a love story long before they ever know what true love is like. So we remember the great passions that we read about when we were young. I loved the story of Anthony and Cleopatra, and how Anthony allowed himself to dally with the Queen of Egypt when he should have been back in Rome watching his back. I liked the frenetic, troubled romances in F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the changing patterns of Scarlett O’Hara’s love life in Gone with the Wind.

Q: Heart and Soul is set in a heart clinic. Why did you choose this setting and how does it influence the story?
MB: I set Heart and Soul in a heart clinic because I attend one myself. I have always found it a place of hope and optimism where they teach you how to manage your heart disease and not to be afraid of it. When I was young if anyone had a heart attack we thought it was goodbye. But not nowadays.

It seemed like a good place to set a story, a place where people were slowly getting courage to live their lives to the fullest. And I wanted to make it cheerful and positive and funny, which is what we all need.

Q: The book centers on Clara, the doctor in charge of the clinic, but the book also follows quite an ensemble of characters with intertwining stories. How does your work within the discipline of short story writing contribute to your work within the novel genre?
MB: I like to concentrate on the bit part players, the supporting cast as well as the main characters, so it’s often interesting to pause and follow somebody home to a different life while still connecting them to the main story. Then when that person appears again it is like meeting an old friend.

Because I do write short stories I suppose I find it easy to slip into someone’s life for a short time and then leave.

Q: New characters are joined by a few from past books, including Nora from Evening Class, Maud and Simon from Scarlet Feather, and Quentins itself (if I can call a restaurant a character). How did you decide which characters to bring back to life?
MB: I decided to bring back characters whose lives were not finished and tidied up. I was even wondering myself would Vonni ever find her long lost son? Would Signora be happy when she married Aidan? How the twins Maud and Simon would turn out when they stopped being twelve year olds. I wondered would poor Father Flynn, who was so basically decent, survive in the parish where they were all obsessed with the Holy Well or would he get a more relevant posting. I so enjoyed meeting them all again and I think the readers like it too.

Q: Irish culture is known for its storytelling, both in the oral and written tradition. Do you also enjoy telling stories out loud? Are you the life of the dinner party?
MB: The Irish do love telling stories and we are suspicious of people who don’t have long complicated conversations. There used to be a rule in Etiquette Books that you invited four talkers and four listeners to a dinner party. That doesn’t work in Ireland because nobody knows four listeners. I do talk a lot at dinner parties--I hope not too much but then I love other people to talk also. I am edgy and anxious when people just nod and smile instead of having views on every subject under the sun.

Q: Your books capture the culture of Ireland. Although Ireland has not escaped the recent economic downturn, how has Ireland’s rapid growth--finally joining the ranks of the world’s wealthiest countries following centuries of poverty--influenced your storytelling?
MB: Ireland changed a great deal in my lifetime. People became much more wealthy because of being members of the European community. The influence of the Catholic Church changed--once we feared the clergy and were in awe of them and now it is much easier and more communal. Once no foreigners came to work here since there wasn’t enough work for ourselves, but now it’s multicultural and you could hear twenty languages being spoken all around you. It has been a great help to the country and given us all more confidence.

Q: Your first book was published in 1982. Has your writing process changed over the years? How do you continue to challenge yourself?
MB: When I started writing I used to concentrate on the 50s and 60s when I was young, but I needed to try to become more modern and catch up on today’s Ireland. So I started to watch the young Irish people and talk to them as if they were a different tribe, which in many ways they are!

I discovered that they are not so different to my generation, they have more freedom, more responsibility and more courage than we had but they also have areas of uncertainty and unrequited love as we all did.

Q: What are you working on next?
MB: I am working at the moment on writing a three page outline for another novel. I must make it interesting enough for the publishers to like it and give me the go ahead. It should be in the same style as the books I have already written but not visit the same topics and repeat myself.

Q: Describe a typical day spent writing. Do you have any unusual writing habits?
MB: A typical day is breakfast (grapefruit and Irish soda bread and tea), then on to a big bright work room upstairs. [My husband and I] both try to be at our desks there at 8:30 am and we work until 1 pm. This includes answering mail and filing. We have a secretary one day a week. Then when work is over we have lunch and play a game of chess--we play seven days a week and have been doing so for over thirty years and we are still hopeless at it but love it to bits.

Q: With two writers in one household, do you and your husband give each other feedback or work separately?
MB: We have one long desk in our study upstairs--Gordon [Snell] is at one end and I am at the other. He writes his children’s books and verses and I do my stories. We always read each other our work in the afternoon. The rules are that we must be honest. No false praise. We allow the other ten minutes sulking time if we don’t like what we’ve heard. But then we have to accept or reject the criticism. No one is allowed to brood over it!

Q: What are you reading now? What are some of your favorite books and authors?
MB: I have just begun Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, which seems terrific. There are so many but off the top of my head here are some names of authors I love: Anne Tyler, Harlan Coben, Lee Child, and David Baldacci.

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A sweet, charming story. A bit lacking in substance. (WARNING: Some degree of plot spoiler alert)
While this story is enjoyable and entertaining, it reads like a happy soap opera in which there's very little drama. It is light-hearted and quick to read, especially at the beginning, when everything seems to go so well for all of the characters. I won't say that it's not enjoyable, because I did find pleasure in reading it. But towards the end of the book I couldn't help but feel as if this story was too disconnected from reality, and that its characters were excessively one-dimensional.

It tells the story of a new and successful heart clinic, in which all of the employees share a family-like relationship, and everyone knows what's going on in everyone else's lives. Patients are friends with employees, and vice versa. There's Clara Casey, head of the clinic and a central character whose tough and quick-witted ways help her obtain the funding for the clinic. There's also Ania, the young and innocent Polish assistant who works several jobs to provide for her impoverished mother in Poland, and whose character is never given any depth other than her saint-like description, as is Declan Carroll, the clinic's beloved rookie cardiologist, who's not only a wonderful doctor, but also a chivalrous romantic lover to Fiona, the clinic's nurse. Fiona ends up having some skeletons in the closet haunting her from her past, but even this doesn't shake Declan away from wanting to marry her, even when she balks on their marriage plans for no tangible reason other than her sudden skittishness, which is never even hinted at anywhere in the story. Fiona's change in character comes as a surprise to the reader as much as it does to Declan, making it seem like a late plot twist that was thrown into the book hastily and resolved with an even smaller amount of thought and care in a matter of a paragraph.

The only sources of conflict in the book are Rosemary Walsh, the wicked, elitist and racist witch who constantly criticizes Ania the immigrant whenever she gets the opportunity. And then there's Father Flynn's conniving stalker, who also turns out to be a thief and a compulsive liar. Both of these characters get what they deserve and end up confessing and apologizing about how wrong they were to behave the way they did--another example of why this book didn't seem very realistic to me. It's hard to believe that after a few days of mild social ostracism by her son for her behavior, someone as vicious and hateful of immigrants as Rosemary Walsh would suddenly buckle under the pressure and start to appreciate her possibly soon-to-be Polish daughter in law.

I can go on and on about all of the characters and how little substance they're actually given, but there are too many, and many of them were too minor. Adi and Gerry were never given any other description than the fact that they were "tree-huggers" always described as avoiding meat or wanting to save trees and forests. Likewise the Martian-like twins, Maud and Simon, were never given much variety of dialogue and description. The romance between Peter Barry and Clara led up to confessions of mutual true love and eventually a marriage proposal, but Clara suddenly brushed it off and got on with her life for no real reason, abandoning Peter for no other reason than her wanting to be alone after all. In real life, it doesn't happen that way. Perhaps Clara would seem more human if her decision to call off the proposal would have been given more weight.

I wish Ms. Binchy would have narrowed down her novel to a fewer of the heart clinic's key players and woven more meaning and depth into their lives to make this a more believable story that more people can identify with in the real world. A more believable story that is consistent with the way human emotion, with its ups and downs, really works in real life. It just seems like in Heart and Soul, everyone knew too much about everyone else and everything was way too perfect.

Lovely Atmosphere But Too Many Players
I thoroughly enjoy Maeve Binchy's work, and this had all the usual atmosphere, suspense, and just genuine humanity.However, she addressed SO many characters in this novel that I felt there were too many players on the field.I had to keep scanning the book to figure out who I was reading about.Maybe a bit too
convoluted, but I will always remain a fan.

Good book, bad Kindle edition
I enjoyed this book as much as Maeve Binchy's previous novels. This was my first experience reading one of her books on a Kindle, and I have to say that the electronic edition leaves much to be desired. The formatting is terrible, with random hyphens in words, incorrectly italicized words and other typographical errors. I found these errors to be fairly distracting as I read the book, and can only hope Amazon will go back and re-edit the text.

Great book but kindle edition full of typos!
I just got a kindle and this was the first book I bough.I enjoyed the story (although it wasn't Binchy's best) but I was frustrated by the typographical errors - - the book was riddled with them!There were literally hundreds of mistakes - - extra spaces, missing spaces, extra letters, and so on.If all of the kindle books are this badly edited then I'm not interested!

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Maeve Binchy made her mark with her richly woven Irish tapestries of novels like "Circle of Friends", "Light a Penny Candle", and "The Copper Beech".She is a remarkably gifted storyteller, able to bring to life the strangest of characters and make her readers care about them.In recent years, her work hasn't been up to par with her early works, but that does not mean that there is not satisfaction to be found for diehard fans and newcomers as well."Heart and Soul", while not quite the standard bearer among her works, is a delightful read filled with a rich cast of characters familiar and new.

Dr. Clara Casey has suffered disappointment in her life: she doesn't get along with her two daughters, she is on the verge of divorce with her bastard of a husband, and she has had to settle for a thankless job of establishing a heart clinic when she did not get the head honcho job she thought she would.Yet since Clara has known disappointment, she welcomes the chance to put her entire being into making the center a success and won't brook trouble from any quarter, not even the hospital that pays the clinic's bills.Clara assembles her own diverse staff and Binchy focuses on their lives in more of a short story format than a novel, although their lives are interwoven because of their connection to the clinic.Besides Clara, there is Declan, the young doctor who falls in love with a nurse; Ania, the young Polish immigrant who will take on any task asked of her, to her own detriment it turns out; and Hilary, the office aid who is forced to make the decision of whether to place her mother in a home or not.With these new characters, Binchy mixes in several from previous works - Aidan and Nora Dunne from "Evening Class" and Fiona from "Nights of Rain and Stars", as well as characters from "Scarlet Feather", "Quentins", and "Whitethorn Woods".

For those who have read all of Binchy's works, it is a treat to see what has happened to these earlier characters, but somewhat amazing to consider how small such a large city as Dublin is that all of their lives would so interconnect.And perhaps this is the shortcoming of "Heart and Soul".Binchy's novel follows a predictable, feel-good heart-warming route, so there are no real surprises.The vignette format guarantees that no one character is invested in as fully as they could be.As a fan of Binchy's work, I miss the earlier sprawling novels that were certainly filled with a colorful and large cast of characters but that didn't seem to sacrifice plot.Nothing too much happens in "Heart and Soul" yet Binchy is able to make us sympathize with the characters, the good and the bad.Still, in my heart of hearts, I miss the writer of the early works, and hope that she will produce something quite as good again. ... Read more

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Surgical Management of Heart Failure brings together the current knowledge on the surgical management of heart failure into one volume. It is designed to have copious illustrations and photographic material that will explain the techniques and surgical management of patients with heart failure in an effective modern format. ... Read more

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Both thyroid dysfunction and heart failure show a high prevalence in the adult population. Frequently, in clinical practice, a multidisciplinary approach is useful to optimize the management of patients with these conditions. Although there is no doubt regarding the close link between cardiovascular pathophysiology and thyroid homeostasis, our understanding of this association is far from being exhaustive. Thyroid hormone regulates the expression of cardiac-specific functional contractile and structural proteins and plays a pivotal role in modulating both diastolic and systolic function as well as peripheral vascular resistance. The close relationship between thyroid and heart dysfunction is strongly supported by recent evidence demonstrating that an altered thyroid profile is a negative prognostic predictor in patients with heart failure. The treatment of chronic heart failure, especially in advanced stages of the disease, continues to be an open and challenging field. The potential of novel thyroid hormone therapies that address the molecular biology of thyroid dysfunction and heart failure thus represents an attractive area of multidisciplinary scientific interest. This book is a readable, integrated, and highly up to date presentation of the clinical, pathophysiological, and basic science aspects of thyroid–heart failure interactions. It addresses a complex subject in an approach that targets a large audience of readers.

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Providing optimal care for heart failure patients is a complex challenge that requires cooperation and coordination across multiple disciplines. Now, you can apply the successful techniques pioneered at the Cleveland Clinic, which are carefully explored and explained in this text.

Drs. McCarthy and Young draw on their experience to show how an interdisciplinary team works together to:
• arrive at a proper diagnosis
• initiate medical therapy
• make decisions regarding the best use of percutaneous therapies, surgical therapies, electrical therapies, and the use of mechanical circulatory support devices and transplantation.

Throughout the book, they present the most updated evidence for both drug trials and surgical trials. They emphasize the benefits of performing the most complete surgery that is practical, then continuing medical therapy. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of treatment, but the authors recognize that the best way to manage an individual patient is often to adapt a variety of different therapies. They state their opinions clearly, identifying which part of care is science and which is art.
Heart Failure: A Combined Medical and Surgical Approach is a true collaboration that helps you identify the most effective strategies – operative interventions, pacing and ICD treatment, new diagnostic tools, and pharmacotherapeutic developments – and implement them for your patients. ... Read more

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full of important informations but too long
I think it is an excellent book but the same content could 've been done in a shorter and a smaller book.
Highly recommended but I wish we can get a pocklet for this book. ... Read more

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As many as 50% of older patients with heart failure may have isolated diastolic dysfunction.Distinguishing diastolic from systolic heart failure is essential because the optimal therapy for one may aggravate the other. With early diagnosis and proper management, the prognosis of diastolic dysfunction is more favorable than that of systolic dysfunction.The information in this issue is aimed at helping physicians to diagnose and treat diastolic dysfunction. ... Read more

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Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States since 1910. According to estimates made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 57 million Americans currently live with some form of cardiovascular disease.

The new edition of Heart Diseases & Disorders Sourcebook supplies the tools people need to maintain healthy hearts. It provides basic information about the human heart and how it works, including facts about such common heart disorders as heart attacks, angina, rhythm disorders (arrhythmias), heart failure, valve disease, and congenital heart disorders. Special sections focus on prevention issues and rehabilitation for cardiac patients. ... Read more

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Heart Failure by Thomas Moore
Terrific book, revealing the failures of the U.S. Health Care system, documenting the non-existent checks on the procedures we all submit to.

High Cholesterol -- the Vast Hoax
There is probably no book more important in current literature than Mr. Moore's Book.

The fact that it is out of print tells a vast story about the forces at work.

Heart disease is still the number one killer -- about half of all Americans die from it. The orthodox truth about heart disease has changed but only slightly over the past twenty years -- the "truth" still is that heart disease is claimed to be caused by cholesterol that is too high, that the proper solution is eat a diet that is low in cholesterol, which means low on zero eggs and butter, and that only when people fail on this diet should they then consider going on to a life-time of the most profitable drugs in the history of pharmaceuticals -- a cholesterol-lowering drug. These drugs are currently selling at the rate of about $10 billion per year, and the recent government announcement that about 300% more people should be on these drugs adds to the importance of this subject.

Mr. Moore actually read the so-called scientific reports on which this vast deception is based -- the original reports of the Framingham Studies.These studies were very often falsely reported as finding that cholesterol in the diet caused cholesterol in the blood (Moore proved that these studies claimed the opposite, despite how they were publicized). These Framingham Sudies then "showed" that high cholesterol in the blood led to death by heart disease.Mr. Moore found, within the very reports used to support these false claims, the truth that has never been reported.

The current theory of heart disease, and certainly the entire methodology of treatment is a farce -- easily proven by looking at less than a dozen different facts that cannot be refuted.

Bypass surgery, currently on the hit list by the drug companies, was positioned as the last recourse for those who "failed" on the no-egg diet, and who didn't respond (as, of course, they would not) to the cholesterol-lowering drugs -- those who failed on these two early treatments would be caught in the safety net of bypass surgery.

Bypass surgery is also demolished in Moore's book, but who is reading?

Bypass surgery has been the most profitable surgery in the history of medicine.

Now that the drug companies have a new generation of cholesterol-lowering drugs, and are posed to collect money from more than 30 million Americans who have the "disease" of high cholesterol, the master planners can and will move bypass surgery out of the scene -- using up the money spent there for drugs.

If you are avoiding eggs and butter, then you have not read this book, and you have swallowed the lies put out with billions of dollars of false promotional claims.

Find and read a copy of this important Book.

Mostmedical treatments for the heart are wrong .
I found this book absolutely fascinating.Very hard to put down as he methodically debunks all but a few popular procedures for people with heart problems. The author examines numerous, medically accepted treatments for ailing hearts, including: bypass surgery, angioplasty, treating high cholesterol, blood thinners, defribulation and others.Hepaints a picture of a greedy AMA and associated members of the medical fraternity.All but two of the medical procedures he reviews have sufficient clinical statistics to make them the treatment of choice for extending life.The two, blood thinners and defribulation are the only ones, he believes, that indeed are the best choice of treatment for the conditions given.He paints a picture of a medical establishment that is fooling the public and growing rich with unnecessary surgery or high priced medical treatments that are life threatening themselves.

A very sobering look at one of mankinds great killersthat allows few patients to have all the information they need to make the proper decisions in life threatening situations.A picture of money grubbing medical professionals who cut and prescribe based on a robot like following of their medical professional society dogma.

I haven't been able to find any books rebutting Mr. Moores allegations.On the other hand, I have read many sad stories of the cost of treatmentand deaths of many.I only hope one does not find themselves in one of these life threatening situations.Even your trusted medical professional may not have the information they need when you have a serious problem.A sorry state, if true. ... Read more