- 21. About Your Bypass Surgery This brochure offers bypass patients information and reassurance, explaining in positive terms why surgery is performed and how it works. It takes a careful look at pre-op procedures, the healing process, home recovery, and how exercise will help patients regain strength.
- 22. About Your Peripheral Artery Disease This brochure is a critically important tool for reducing the rate of peripheral artery disease (PAD) among high-risk populations and general audiences.
- 23. About Heart Transplants: Our Guide for Patients and Their Families Discusses the conditions that render a patient in need of a heart transplant, what happens during the procedure, expected survival rates, and the potential complications following surgery. The process of organ donation is also discussed. Now updated with full-color photographic artwork.
- 24. Diabetes, Heart Disease and Stroke Having diabetes significantly raises the risk for heart attack and stroke. This booklet addresses why diabetes is a risk factor, and how weight management, nutrition and physical activity can help manage it.
- 25. For Your Children: Our Guide (Spanish) Our guide to help you safeguard your children from heart disease and stroke
- 26. An Active Partnership for the Health of Your Heart The new edition of the Active Partnership product includes a workbook and DVD designed to help patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) recover and improve their health after a cardiac event or surgery.
- 27. Diabetes, Heart Disease and Stroke (Spanish/English) La diabetes aumenta sustancialmente el riesgo de sufrir un ataque al corazon o ataque al cerebro. Este folleto explica por que la diabetes es un factor de riesgo, y como se puede manejarla.
- 28. After Your Heart Attack: Our guide to help you recover This brochure answers the myriad questions patients have after a heart attack. It provides an overview of why heart attacks occur, and the lasting physical effects. Also includes sections on returning to work, depression, family members? emotions, and reducing risk factors to prevent recurrent events.
- 29. Controlando su peso Biling?e. El estilo de escritura es muy f?cil. Scale Down: Our Guide to Managing Your Weight. 50-2023. Bilingual. Readability: Very Easy. This Spanish/English brochure is an excellent resource for the person trying to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight. It discusses how to kick bad eating habits, develop an eating plan, deal with setbacks, exercising, and keep the weight off. It provides great information on selecting and preparing foods in each food group.
- 30. Understanding and Controlling Your High Blood Pressure understanding and controlling your high blood pressure
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