Coping with Heart Surgery and Bypassing Depression

Coping with Heart Surgery and Bypassing Depression
Author: Carol Cohan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 302
Release: 1998
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781887841078

Knowledge is power. Study after scientific study has shown that the right kind of information about a medical problem speeds recovery. And when that medical problem is heart surgery, information specially tailored to answer patients; questions, quiet their fears, and give them a sense of control over their circumstances promises the quickest and most complete recovery possible. This unique combination of practical information and solutions to common problems fills the pages of Coping with Heart Surgery and Bypassing Depression. The problems associated with heart surgery become less threatening when you know what to expect, when you understand the problems you encounter, and when you can solve those problems. Accordingly, Coping with Heart Surgery and Bypassing Depression spells out everything you need to know to enter surgery with confidence and recover swiftly and smoothly. The book provides detailed information about the events that accompany each stage of the heart surgery experience from the time surgery is recommended until months after convalescence is under way. It discusses what other patients encountered at each stage, problems that arose, and a variety of solutions. And it invites you to pick and choose among the suggestions to suit your particular needs and personality style.

Brain and Heart Dynamics

Brain and Heart Dynamics
Author: Stefano Govoni
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-07-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9783030280079

This ambitious and comprehensive handbook represents an essential contribution to our current understanding of interactions between heart and brain, a research topic generating growing interest. Despite the increasing awareness that neural mechanisms are the primary cause of cardiac disease and its progression, therapy continues to focus on end-organ protection and does not approach the neural core of the problem. Growing public health problems such as heart failure are still treated with autonomic drugs that are 30-40 years old and simply act on cardiac receptors. However, it has now been shown that the progression of ischemic heart disease to heart failure is mainly due to abnormal central responses to incipient cardiac disease, with neural activation the primary cause rather than the consequence of cardiac remodeling. Written by leading international experts in their respective research areas, the book presents a variety of perspectives on the core topic: from social and philosophical to gender-related aspects. It is designed for a broad readership and includes dedicated sections for cardiologists, psychiatrists, neurologists and psychotherapists looking for a more insightful and targeted approach to neuro-cardiovascular disease.

Depression and Heart Disease

Depression and Heart Disease
Author: Alexander Glassman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2011-06-20
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1119957621

Recently, there has been a growing awareness of the multiple interrelationships between depression and various physical diseases. Patients with psychiatric problems, particularly depression, may be more susceptible to cardiovascular disorders. Depression and Heart Disease synthesizes current evidence, including some previously unpublished data, in a concise, easy-to-read format. The authors succinctly describe the epidemiology, pathogenesis (including cytokines and genetics), and risk factors of the comorbidity between depression and heart disease. The book also reviews the best pharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches for people with this comorbidity.

Broken Hearts

Broken Hearts
Author: David S. Jones
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1421415755

Based on extensive reviews of medical literature and archives, this historical perspective on medical decision making and risk highlights personal, professional, and community outcomes.

Cardiovascular Disability

Cardiovascular Disability
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2010-12-04
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 030915698X

The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a screening tool called the Listing of Impairments to identify claimants who are so severely impaired that they cannot work at all and thus immediately qualify for benefits. In this report, the IOM makes several recommendations for improving SSA's capacity to determine disability benefits more quickly and efficiently using the Listings.

The Patient's Guide to Heart Valve Surgery

The Patient's Guide to Heart Valve Surgery
Author: Adam Pick
Publisher:
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2007
Genre: Coronary heart disease
ISBN: 9780615147031

Each year, over 250,000 heart valve repair and heart valve replacement operations are performed for conditions including stenosis, prolapse, insufficiency, aneurysm, Tetralogy of Fallot and regurgitation. However, most patients and caregivers surveyed felt their expectations were mismanaged - both before and after surgery. The Patient's Guide to Heart Valve Surgery was written by Adam Pick, a double heart valve surgery patient, to address this troubling issue and prepare the patient and caregiver for the challenges and opportunities of valve surgery - from diagnosis through recovery.

Cardiac Surgery

Cardiac Surgery
Author: John Webster Kirklin
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company
Total Pages: 968
Release: 1993
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

This edition includes 90% new material reflecting advances in the field, covering natural history and diagnosis, new trends and new operations. It has more detailed information about standard operations and still covers indications and outcomes for all types of surgery.

State of the Art Surgical Coronary Revascularization

State of the Art Surgical Coronary Revascularization
Author: David P. Taggart
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2021
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0198758782

This is the most authoritative textbook ever dedicated to the art and science of surgical coronary revascularization, with 71 chapters, organized in 9 sections, and written by over 100 recognized world experts. It covers every aspect of the surgical management of coronary artery pathology and ischaemic heart disease.

Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation
Author: Joep Perk
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2007-09-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781846289934

In the network of cardiologists within the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology there is a strong view that the time indeed is right to publish definitively on the methods involved in cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation. We are facing a transition from conventional cardiac rehabilitation to a phase of combined preventive and rehabilitative efforts, as witnessed in the recent Joint Task Force Guidelines on Preventive Cardiology. For this revision of our clinical routines we lack a practical textbook, based upon the conditions and resources of European health care. This textbook is designed to fill that gap.

The Heart-mind Connection

The Heart-mind Connection
Author: Windsor Ting
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Depression, Mental
ISBN: 9780071390262

Compelling research suggests that heart disease and depression have a mutually unfavourable effect when combined.