Description

Overview:

This book includes both pre- and postsurgery guidelines and features the latest information on surgery and recovery. The content explains normal heart function and coronary artery disease. Also covers other reasons for heart surgery, such as valve repair or replacement, heart defects and aneurysms. Coronary artery bypass surgery also is explained along with illustrations of bypass grafts.

The content in this book follows the American Heart Association’s guidelines. This latest edition includes:

• • Open heart and minimally invasive surgery
• • Preparing for surgery
• • Hospital recovery: activity, foods and pain management
• • Home recovery: incision care, bathing, activities, medications, travel, work, socializing and swelling
• • Emotions
• • Managing risk factors: smoking, high blood pressure and abnormal blood lipids
• • New info. on lowering triglycerides
• • New info. on limiting added sugar
• • New info. on label reading
• • Food lists
• • Cooking with less fat
• • Guidelines for eating out
• • New info. on being overweight and portion sizes
• • Exercise guidelines
• • Angina
• • Diabetes
• • Metabolic syndrome
• • Stress management