Provides more than three hundred heart-smart recipes that range from favorite American classics to vegetarian and ethnic dishes, and incorporates the latest information on heart disease and diet.

More than ten years ago, a team of heart specialists and dietitians at Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, created the Living Heart Diet for their patients. Their best-selling book explained the relationship between nutrition and heart disease and helped change America's eating habits. Updated and completely revised, The New Living Heart Diet...

Offering an evidence-based and practical approach to the topic, this source covers day-to-day treatment issues for patients with specific metabolic and cardiovascular disorders assists in pharmacotherapeutic selection by reviewing findings from recent clinical trials discusses elements of care unique to women, and different racial and ethnic groups spans comprehensive care in both the primary and secondary prevention settings offers algorithms that illustrate standards of care alongside case studies to reinforce crucial management issues provides an up-to-date account of challenges in the...

Filling a large gap in the literature, this book focuses on the management of patients who have, or are at risk of developing, cardiovascular disease. Designed to serve as a resource for the busy, practicing clinician, the approach is evidence-based but practical. Conceptual development and the exploration of biochemical and physiological mechanisms are balanced by focused attention on the everyday issues of caring for patients with specific metabolic and cardiovascular disorders.

Reinforced by case studies, the book discusses standards of care and challenging management...