Mayo Clinic has the answers people want, as their highly successful books prove-- Mayo Clinic Family Health Book has sold more than one million copies worldwide since 1990. Now Mayo introduces a completely revised and updated edition of Mayo Clinic Heart Book . Redesigned for easy access and filled with "Healthy Heart Tips," the book includes the latest information on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease, the number one killer of women as well as men in our country. Advances in minimally invasive surgeries; the risks and benefits of in-the-news topics such as fish oil and margarine; insights about cardiac disease in women; the controversy surrounding appetite suppressants and heart damage; even new horizons in gene therapy are discussed in full, and much more. Mayo Clinic has the answers people want, as their highly successful books prove--Mayo Clinic Family Health Book has sold more than one million copies worldwide since 1990. Now Mayo introduces a completely revised and updated edition of Mayo Clinic Heart Book. Redesigned for easy access and filled with "Healthy Heart Tips," the book includes the latest information on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease, the number one killer of women as well as men in our country. Advances in minimally invasive surgeries; the risks and benefits of in-the-news topics such as fish oil and margarine; insights about cardiac disease in women; the controversy surrounding appetite suppressants and heart damage; even new horizons in gene therapy are discussed in full, and much more.Mayo Clinic has the answers people want, as their highly successful books prove--Mayo Clinic Family Health Book has sold more than one million copies worldwide since 1990. Now Mayo introduces a completely revised and updated edition of Mayo Clinic Heart Book. Redesigned for easy access and filled with "Healthy Heart Tips," the book includes the latest information on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease, the number one killer of women as well as men in our country. Advances in minimally invasive surgeries; the risks and benefits of in-the-news topics such as fish oil and margarine; insights about cardiac disease in women; the controversy surrounding appetite suppressants and heart damage; even new horizons in gene therapy are discussed in full, and much more.

Bernard J. Gersh, M.D., Editor in Chief of Mayo Clinic Heart Book, Second Edition, is a cardiologist of international renown. He is the author or coauthor of several books and more than 350 journal articles. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards. Dr. Gersh is a consultant in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic, and Professor of Medicine, Mayo Medical School. He lives in Rochester, Minnesota.