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Invision Guide to a Healthy Heart Regain Your Cardiovascular Health, Learn Valuable Prevention Strategies, Live Longer and Feel Better

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ISBN-10: 0060855932

ISBN-13: 9780060855932

Edition: 2005

Authors: Alexander Tsiaras, Shirley Chan, Mehmet C. Oz

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A groundbreaking new way to look at your heart health from the creator of From Conception to Birth, the bestselling book and Discovery Channel special Using a groundbreaking visual technology, Tsiaras is able to transform the scientific images we are used to seeing -- CAT scans, MRIs, ultrasounds, etc. -- into stunning images that are not just reflections of the surface of the body part, but vivid, dimensional renderings. The InVision Guide to a Healthy Heart uses the images generated by this cutting-edge technology in a visually-driven health book that will educate and empower anyone worried about their own or a loved one's heart health. In stunning visual narrative, we see the heart…    
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Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 7.75" wide x 10.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Alexander Tsiaras is President and CEO of Anatomical Travelogue Inc. His is a scientist, artist and journalist. As a technological innovator, he has participated in the development of the lens that enabled the first photographs of human fertilization and the recording of the development of the fetus. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

A leader in physics research for more than half a century, Hans Frauenfelder spent 40 years as a professor and researcher at the University of Illinois before moving on to Los Alamos Laboratory, where he is currently the director for the Center for Nonlinear Studies.nbsp;nbsp;Frauenfelder has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Academy Leopoldina and the American Philosophical Society. He also is the recipient of numerous prestigious scientific fellowships and honors.nbsp;nbsp;

Mehmet C. Oz was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 11, 1960. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University. He holds a joint MD and MBA from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The Wharton School. Oz is a professor of Cardiac Surgery at Columbia University. He also directs the Heart Assistance Device Program and is founder of the Complementary Medicine Program at New York - Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Oz is the award-winning author of Healing from the Heart. His "You" series books, written with Dr. Michael F. Roizen, have been on the New York Times bestseller list. Dr. Oz can often been seen on the Discovery Channel, the Oprah Winfrey show, and is a regular…    

Forewordp. 2
And the Beat Goes On: Developing a Heart and Vascular System: The development of the cardiovascular system from conception to birthp. 4
How Things Work: The Living Pump and Pipes: The marvel of the adult cardiovascular system and how it worksp. 18
When Things Go Wrong: Grace Under Pressure: Hypertension and how it causes damage to the cardiovascular systemp. 38
The Heart of the Matter: Understanding the Major Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Other factors that affect cardiovascular healthp. 60
How to Handle a Broken Heart: Treating the Consequences of Cardiovascular Disease: Surgical and other medical treatment options and how they workp. 76
Living Longer and Living Better: Staying On Top of Your Cardiovascular Health: Lifestyle options that promote cardiovascular healthp. 94
Glossary/Indexp. 115
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