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Heart & Heart Disease

American Heart Association's Your Heart: An Owner's Manual. Prentice Hall, 1995. Preventing heart disease through diet, exercise, and other lifestyle choices.

American Heart Association. American Heart Association Guide to Heart Attack Treatment, Recovery, and Prevention. Times Books, 1996, 1998. Describes the causes and consequences of heart attacks, the hospital experience, the risk factor connection, and how to cope with emotional aspects of heart attack.

Ballard, Carol. The Heart and Circulatory System. Raintree, 1997. Describes the circulatory system and how it works. For younger readers.

DeBakey, Michael E., M.D., and Antonio M. Gotto, M.D. The New Living Heart. Adams Media, 1997. Two renowned heart specialists discuss risk factors, diagnostic procedures, heart conditions and their treatments, and cardiology history; includes illustrations and a substantial glossary.

McGoon, Michael D., ed. Mayo Clinic Heart Book. William Morrow, 2000. Illustrated work covers heart anatomy and physiology.

Neill, Catherine A., M.D.; Edward B. Clark, M.D.; and Carleen Clark, R.N. The Heart of a Child: What Families Need to Know About Heart Disorders in Children. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. Claims that most conditions are treatable and provides an outlook on pediatric heart disease in the 21st century; includes a listing of helpful support groups and sources for further reading.

Simon, Seymour. The Heart: Our Circulatory System. Morrow Junior, 1996. Describes the components of the circulatory system, explains how each part functions, and includes photos taken with an electron microscope. For younger readers.

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