Your Heart ─ An Owner's Guide

Written by a cardiologist and a heart surgeon, this accessible text answers a number of common questions patients have about heart disease prevention and treatment. In the introduction, the authors (both Yale U. School of Medicine) use clear, jargon-free language to explain how the heart works. Subsequent chapters (14 in all) address such topics as coronary artery disease, heart attacks, lifestyle changes, medications, and surgical procedures. The volume is illustrated with b&w diagrams and clinical photographs. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

John A. Elefteriades, MD (New Haven, CT), is chief of cardiothoracic surgery and professor of surgery at Yale University School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital. He is currently the president of the International College of Angiology and serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Cardiology, the Journal of Cardiac Surgery, and Cardiology. The winner of the prestigious "Socrates Award" for the teaching of cardiac surgery, he is the author, with Lawrence S. Cohen, MD, of House Officer Guide to ICU Care.

Lawrence S. Cohen, MD (New Haven, CT), is the Ebenezer K. Hunt Professor of Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is on the editorial board of Clinical Cardiology, Heart, and the American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology.