In Heal Your Heart, Dr. K. Lance Gould’s goals are better survival and improved health through the prevention and reversal of heart and vascular disease. His program provides practical, do-it-yourself steps and explores options beyond traditional invasive medical procedures for more definitive solutions. Designed for the general reader, Heal Your Heart can be used by anyone. Scientific information and practical guidelines are presented in simple, full-color illustrations, summary graphs or tables with brief, nontechnical text that incorporate the most recent medical knowledge. Dr. Gould…mehr
In Heal Your Heart, Dr. K. Lance Gould’s goals are better survival and improved health through the prevention and reversal of heart and vascular disease. His program provides practical, do-it-yourself steps and explores options beyond traditional invasive medical procedures for more definitive solutions. Designed for the general reader, Heal Your Heart can be used by anyone. Scientific information and practical guidelines are presented in simple, full-color illustrations, summary graphs or tables with brief, nontechnical text that incorporate the most recent medical knowledge. Dr. Gould introduces readers to new non-invasive medical imaging technologies such as cardiac PET that may potentially provide early diagnoses for people who may be at risk.
K. Lance Gould began his research on coronary artery disease in 1969. He is professor and founding director of the Weatherhead PET Imaging Center for Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease and has served as director of the Division of Cardiology at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. Dr. Gould is the author of the first textbook on quantifying coronary artery narrowing, coronary blood flow, and cardiac PET imaging.
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List of Figures and Tables Preface How to Use This Book PART 1 Understanding the Heart and the Dangers of Coronary Heart Disease The Heartbeat of Life The Pumping Heart The Coronary Arteries Blood Pressure and the Heartbeat Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease The Damaged Heart Heart Failure The Electrocardiogram and the Heartbeat Sudden Death Dysfunctional Coronary Arteries---A Time Bomb The Silver Lining Blood Clots in Coronary Arteries Narrowed Arteries and Swirling Flow The Give-and-Take of the Heartbeat Narrowed Arteries and the Pumping Heart Growing New Blood Vessels---Collaterals Blue Clues to Finding the Silent Killer Rainbow Clues Early Clues Progression---The Killer Stalks Regression---You Win PART 2 Who Gets Coronary Heart Disease? Why? How Can It Be Prevented or Reversed? How Prevalent Is Coronary Atherosclerosis? Risk Factors and Coronary Artery Disease Women and Heart Disease Cholesterol Lowering---Does It Work? Cholesterol-lowering Drugs Plus Very Low-Fat Food How Much Should Cholesterol Be Lowered? Can Cholesterol Levels Be Too Low? Smoking and Death Excess Body Weight and Survival Physical Fitness and Survival PART 3 Steering through the Medical Maze The Importance of a Definitive Diagnosis Standard Exercise Stress Tests---True or False Answers? Other Noninvasive Tests for Atherosclerosis How Accurate Is the Coronary Arteriogram? Percent Narrowing---An Inaccurate Measurement of Severity High Tech for the Heart Accuracy of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Blood Flow in Heart Muscle after Reversal Treatment Two People, Two Outcomes---Real-Life Examples Other Tests---What Do They Show? Does Coronary Bypass Surgery Prolong Your Life? PET for Determining Who Needs Bypass Surgery or Balloon Dilation Balloon Dilation of Narrowed Coronary Arteries Chest Pain Reversal? Balloon? Bypass? Costs of Reversal Treatment, Balloon Dilation, and Bypass Surgery Economics, Ethics, and Politics of Cardiovascular Disease Managing Your Physician PART 4 The Gould Guidelines to Prevent or Reverse Vascular and Coronary Heart Disease The Gould Guidelines---What's New and Different? Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease---A Review Goals of Reversal Treatment 133 (4) Fat-Free Foods---Pleasure and Utility Types of Food---Fat, Protein, and Carbohydrate Fats, Oils, and Cholesterol Protein Carbohydrates Overall Guidelines for a Food Plan of Less Than 10 Percent Fat Weight and Hunger Essential Fatty Acids Food Labels Food ``Zigzags,'' ``Food Breaks,'' and ``Average'' Cholesterol/Fat Consumption Food ``Substitutes'' and Processed Foods Menus Antioxidant Vitamins and Aspirin Types of Cholesterol-lowering Drugs Special Problems and Combinations of Cholesterol-lowering Drugs Angina, or Chest Pain, Due to Coronary Heart Disease Estrogens and Coronary Heart Disease Daily Workout Routines Stress Management Who Needs Reversal Treatment? Common Problems and Their Solutions Limitations of Reversal Treatment Weighing the Alternatives How Dr. Gould Implements His Program for Preventing or Reversing Vascular Disease Glossary Clinical PET Facilities Sources of Information and Bibliography Index
List of Figures and Tables Preface How to Use This Book PART 1 Understanding the Heart and the Dangers of Coronary Heart Disease The Heartbeat of Life The Pumping Heart The Coronary Arteries Blood Pressure and the Heartbeat Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease The Damaged Heart Heart Failure The Electrocardiogram and the Heartbeat Sudden Death Dysfunctional Coronary Arteries---A Time Bomb The Silver Lining Blood Clots in Coronary Arteries Narrowed Arteries and Swirling Flow The Give-and-Take of the Heartbeat Narrowed Arteries and the Pumping Heart Growing New Blood Vessels---Collaterals Blue Clues to Finding the Silent Killer Rainbow Clues Early Clues Progression---The Killer Stalks Regression---You Win PART 2 Who Gets Coronary Heart Disease? Why? How Can It Be Prevented or Reversed? How Prevalent Is Coronary Atherosclerosis? Risk Factors and Coronary Artery Disease Women and Heart Disease Cholesterol Lowering---Does It Work? Cholesterol-lowering Drugs Plus Very Low-Fat Food How Much Should Cholesterol Be Lowered? Can Cholesterol Levels Be Too Low? Smoking and Death Excess Body Weight and Survival Physical Fitness and Survival PART 3 Steering through the Medical Maze The Importance of a Definitive Diagnosis Standard Exercise Stress Tests---True or False Answers? Other Noninvasive Tests for Atherosclerosis How Accurate Is the Coronary Arteriogram? Percent Narrowing---An Inaccurate Measurement of Severity High Tech for the Heart Accuracy of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Blood Flow in Heart Muscle after Reversal Treatment Two People, Two Outcomes---Real-Life Examples Other Tests---What Do They Show? Does Coronary Bypass Surgery Prolong Your Life? PET for Determining Who Needs Bypass Surgery or Balloon Dilation Balloon Dilation of Narrowed Coronary Arteries Chest Pain Reversal? Balloon? Bypass? Costs of Reversal Treatment, Balloon Dilation, and Bypass Surgery Economics, Ethics, and Politics of Cardiovascular Disease Managing Your Physician PART 4 The Gould Guidelines to Prevent or Reverse Vascular and Coronary Heart Disease The Gould Guidelines---What's New and Different? Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease---A Review Goals of Reversal Treatment 133 (4) Fat-Free Foods---Pleasure and Utility Types of Food---Fat, Protein, and Carbohydrate Fats, Oils, and Cholesterol Protein Carbohydrates Overall Guidelines for a Food Plan of Less Than 10 Percent Fat Weight and Hunger Essential Fatty Acids Food Labels Food ``Zigzags,'' ``Food Breaks,'' and ``Average'' Cholesterol/Fat Consumption Food ``Substitutes'' and Processed Foods Menus Antioxidant Vitamins and Aspirin Types of Cholesterol-lowering Drugs Special Problems and Combinations of Cholesterol-lowering Drugs Angina, or Chest Pain, Due to Coronary Heart Disease Estrogens and Coronary Heart Disease Daily Workout Routines Stress Management Who Needs Reversal Treatment? Common Problems and Their Solutions Limitations of Reversal Treatment Weighing the Alternatives How Dr. Gould Implements His Program for Preventing or Reversing Vascular Disease Glossary Clinical PET Facilities Sources of Information and Bibliography Index
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