Even though cardiovascular disease is still the number one cause of mortality in the world, it too often goes overlooked. This guide, written in an easy-to-understand style, explains what can go wrong in our cardiovascular system, what medicine can do to help, and how simple lifestyle changes can make all the difference.

• Foreword


• Introduction


• Chapter 1: Healthy Life Expectancy and Chronic Disease


• Chapter 2: Coronary Disease and Its Treatments


• Chapter 3: The Heart of the Problem: Atherosclerosis


• Chapter 4: Diet and Cardiovascular Disease


• Chapter 5: Diet: Effects on Human Planetary Health


• Chapter 6: Exercise: The Best Medicine


• Chapter 7: Stress and Cardiac Disease


• Chapter 8: Tobacco and Electronic Cigarettes


• Chapter 9: Statins in Primary and Secondary Prevention


• Conclusion


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• Acknowledgements


• About the Author


• About the EPIC Centre


• Photo Credits

Dr. Martin Juneau is a cardiologist who
has worked for over thirty years in clinical practice,
teaching, and research. He is the director of the
prevention division at the Montreal Heart Institute
(MHI), and the director of the cardiac rehabilitation
and prevention centre of the MHI (EPIC Centre). He
is a clinical professor of medicine in the Faculty of
Medicine at the University of Montreal. He lives in
Longueuil, Quebec.