5 steps to Detect and Manage a Heart Attack

• Main Author: Arora, Anjali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Kuala Lumpur SynergyMedia 2008
• Series: Learn about
• Subjects: Coronary Disease; Heart Diseases > Popular Works
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• Physical Description: 64 pages some colour illustrati 22 cm
• ISBN: 9789831979402

A heart attack occurs due to blockage or narrowing of the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscles. It is a silent killer that can strike anyone, anywhere. This book gives a detailed description of the tests to detect a heart attack and its various modes of treatments. It provides information on how to tackle a heart attack and about cardiac rehabilitation. Surgical interventions like bypass and robotic surgery have also been explained. Dr. Anjali Arora did her M.D. from Lady Hardinge Medical College & S.K. Hospital, New Delhi interested in lipids and preventive cardiology, she joined the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, in 1993 as a consultant. She started and them managed the Hyperlipidaemia Prevention Clinic there for nearly 7 years. Currently she is working at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital as a consultant in the Department of Cardiology. Interested in preventive medicine, with a special focus on lifestyle diseases, she continues to manage the Hyperlipidsemia and Atherosclerosis Prevention Clinic in the hospital Member of a number of association, she is also an active faculty member of the South Asian Society in Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (established in Minnesota, U.S.A.) "At last, here is a simple written, illustrated book that provides useful information for the layperson. An excellent guide that presents basic focus on the subjects."