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Cardiovascular Diseases and Disorders Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information About Heart and Vascular Diseases and Disorders, Such as Angina..., 3d ed.


RC672

2004-026510

0-7808-0739-1

Cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular disease
Disease that affects the heart and blood vessels.

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cardiovascular disease 
 and disorders sourcebook; basic consumer health information about heart and vascular diseases vascular diseases,
n.pl diseases of the peripheral circulatory system.
 and disorders, such as angina Angina Definition

Angina is pain, "discomfort," or pressure localized in the chest that is caused by an insufficient supply of blood (ischemia) to the heart muscle.
 ... 3d ed.

Title main entry. Ed. by Sandra J. Judd. (Health reference series)

Omnigraphics, Inc., [c]2005

713 p.

$78.00

The 102 chapters of this medical guidebook provide basic consumer health information on heart disease, treatment, and prevention. The material, culled from publications issued by US government agencies and various medical organizations, is grouped sections covering primary risk factors for disease, methods of maintaining heart health, primary types of disease and disorder affecting the heart and the vascular system, methods of diagnosis, special cardiovascular concerns impacting women, and recent research. Also included are a glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary.  of terms, a listing of cookbooks The following is a list of cookbooks, sorted alphabetically by author's surname. This is not a list of external links to commercial sites; please list only cookbooks here.
This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by [ expanding it].
 for cardiovascular health, and a directory of organizational resources.
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