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Risk factors and cardiovascular disease -- Hazards of smoking -- Diet and nutrition -- Exercise -- Living with cardiovascular disease -- Cardiac emergencies -- The annual checkup -- How the heart functions -- Symptoms of cardiovascular disease -- Hypertension -- Coronary artery disease -- Arrhythmias -- Congestive heart failure -- Peripheral arterial disease -- Peripheral venous disease -- Congenital heart defects -- Rheumatic fever -- Heart valve disease -- Stroke -- Cardiovascular surgery -- Cardiovascular drugs -- Other forms of heart diease -- Pregnancy and the cardiovascular system -- Behavioral risk factors.

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Includes material about personal risk factors, stroke, hypertension, diet and nutrition, cholesterol, smoking (and how to stop), surgery, drugs, emergency treatment, exercise, and how to live with heart disease.













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