Heart Attack! Advice for Patients by Patients Kathleen Berra, Gerald W. Friedland, Christopher Gardner, Francis H. Koch, Donna Louie, Nancy Houston Miller, Robin Wedell, Barton Thurber

?Though [Heart Attack] contains informative chapters by experts, it is not a medical text but a highly readable collection of stories?of people who suffered the physical and emotional shock of their life and, with dedication and discipline, recovered to take up their lives again.??Diana Reynolds Roome, Mountain View Voice

?This book is the first we have read that is written from the point of view of a group of patients, and reading it is like walking into a support group and talking to real people. There is something for everyone?from patients and their families to each member of the team of medical professionals who offer help to them.??Libby and Dave Walker, cardiac rehabilitation patients, Scottsdale, Arizona

?A wonderful book that should be invaluable for patients and their physicians.??Philip R. Lee, M.D., Senior Scholar, Institute for Health Policy Studies, School of Medicine, UCSF, and Assistant Secretary for Health in the Johnson and Clinton Administrations

?This eminently readable book offers a new and valuable perspective to patients with coronary disease.??Nanette K. Wenger, M.D., professor of cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine

?This encouraging?and empowering?book presents easily understandable guidance for those wanting to avoid disability or worse from coronary disease, still the major killer in developed countries. Up to date therapies with strong scientific proof are presented in a practical approach that emphasizes the importance and rewards of the individuals defining his or her personal program.??Samuel M. Fox III, M.D., Past President, American College of Cardiology and former Director of Heart Disease Prevention, Georgetown University and prior to that chief, Heart Disease and Stroke Control Program of the U.S. Public Health Service

?What distinguishes this title from other guides on preventing and treating heart disease is its down-to-earth sharing of individual stories. . . . Every public library and consumer health collection should purchase a copy.??Library Journal

?[An] informative book on the current state of the diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks.??Booklist