Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, Varicose Veins. Evidence-Based Approach to Caring for the Cardiovascular System

Every 2 seconds, someone in the world dies from cardiovascular diseases. They are the leading cause of death on Earth, claiming more lives than cancer and car accidents.

Your vessels are 100,000 kilometers of «roads of life» along which blood continuously flows, delivering oxygen and nutrients to every cell in the body. But it happens that the highways inside you need repair, and how quickly you notice this depends on a lot.

This book is written by a candidate of medical sciences, practicing cardiovascular surgeon, and internationally qualified phlebologist Veronika Golovina.

With her, you will receive not only a wealth of valuable advice from a professional but also:

1. Learn to assess personal risks. Using checklists and international scales, you will determine your risk of heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years in just 5 minutes.

2. Understand how to recognize real health dangers. You will learn when leg pain while walking is a sign of atherosclerosis and when swelling of the calf requires immediate ultrasound of the veins.

3. Get clear and understandable recommendations. A detailed description of the diet that will support your condition in the fight against atherosclerosis, tips on choosing compression garments that save from thromboembolism, and much more.

4. Learn about modern treatment methods. Understand the difference between stenting and bypass surgery, find out why statins are not needed for «dissolving plaques», and in which cases surgery is the only option, and in which it is not.

Your health is in your hands. This book will provide you with the tools to take control of it.