Heart Diseases - Coping

Brian Baker and Dr. Paul Dorian have written this ground breaking book based on their extensive clinical experience and heart disease research. What they have found is that there are undeniable links between one's state of mind and the ability to recover from heart attacks and other coronary events. In "A Change of Heart", authors examine both the psychological and the medical experience of coronary artery disease, providing insight and specific strategies for every stage of recovery.

This booklet may help you to relax and manage stress by performing a set of simple exercises. It also lists additional helpful resources.

Telehomecare is a patient self-management program that engages patients as partners in their care plan right in their home. This online program supports people living with a complex chronic disease by providing the assistance of nurses who remotely monitor clients' health status through the use of technology. The program is  available in limited areas in Ontario and currently supports people living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or with Heart Failure (HF) only.

This patient education website provides information on prevention, treatments and management of several heart diseases. Users have also access to tests, apps and other self-management tools.

This guide explains the most common forms of heart and blood vessel disease and lays out practical strategies to get you on the road to better health. The book also provides up-to-date information for women and their unique heart disease risks and symptoms as well as information on heart-healthy eating.

From the significance of high blood pressure and the importance of controlling the condition, to the necessity of self-help measures such as exercise and a low-fat diet, this book will answer all your questions and more. Explanations of the latest research, tests, treatments, and surgical procedures are all clear and free of medical jargon.

While most books focus solely on the role of cholesterol in heart disease, Reverse Heart Disease Now draws on new research that points to the surprising other causes. Two leading cardiologists draw on their collective fifty years of clinical cardiology research to show you how to combine the benefits of modern medicine, over-the-counter vitamins and supplements, and simple lifestyle changes to have a healthy heart.

This book offers a medically up-to-the-minute and easy-to-implement program which sets our four key steps to cardiovascular fitness, assessing risk, managing stress, improving diet and making a habit of exercise. It demystifies predictive markers such as triglycerides and Syndrome X, and offers 109 simple, practical lifestyle tips.