"This comprehensive work comes at a time when 500,000 Americans die of heart disease every year. Cardiovascular Disease Handbook & Resource Guide combines valuable educational information for patients and their families. It offers statistics, both nationally and state by state, as well as discussions about prevention, treatment and outcomes. It includes details on 32 types of cardiovascular disease plus information on a number of conditions that can cause, or affect it, including substance abuse and obesity."--Page ix.

Section One. Studies & statistics about cardiovascular disease. Your guide to a healthy heart ; Your guide to physical activity and your heart ; U.S. maps of cardiovascular disease death rates by state & county ; Advancing women's heart health ; High cholesterol ; High blood pressure ; Advancing heart, lung, blood, and sleep research -- Section Two. Types of cardiovascular disease. Coronary heart disease ; Acute coronary syndromes ; Congenital heart disease ; Cardiometabolic disease ; Cardiomyopathies ; Dyslipidemia ; Heart failure ; Stroke ; Pericardial heart disease ; Pulmonary hypertension ; Valvular disease ; Venous thromboembolism -- Section Three. Conditions affecting cardiovascular disease. Alcoholism ; Substance use & abuse ; Fabry disease ; DiGeorge syndrome ; Diabetes ; Obesity ; General resources -- Section Four. Appendixes.