Description
"Heart Disease" What You Need To Know To Understand And Reduce Your Risk...
#1 International Best Seller!
What Is This Audio Book About?
As a cardiologist, I have not yet met a patient who expected to have a problem; patients do not put into their diaries “possible problem with my heart next week”. Yet, what if we could be forewarned about, or prepared for, a potential problem with our coronary arteries? … What if we could plan NOT to have a heart attack?
Have You Planned Your Heart Attack? is the first-of-its-kind, offering a balanced and referenced discussion of coronary risk assessment using modern technology. Taking a picture of the coronary arteries using CT (computed tomography – x-rays are deflected at very high speed using enormous magnets to acquire images that are then reconstructed) to see the health of the arteries, is not new, it just isn't done routinely. Yet, by using these advances specialists, GPs and patients can be ahead of the cardiovascular health game.
Reviews
Scott Donoghue
Reviewed on 20th Apr 2024
Being informed and proactive may save your life
Doctor Warrick Bishop is passionate about his field. With this can come a certainty that can be off-putting to those with a different view. He doesn’t let this deter him. I found his treatment clear, succinct and built on a solid experiential and medical basis. The almost confrontational title of his book, “Have You Planned Your Heart Attack?” captures the no-nonsense approach he has to this topic. Put simply, whilst many doctors play it safe using solely traditional diagnostic approaches, with these supported by the Australian Medicare system, Doctor Warrick successfully explains why more modern analytical tools, such as using a computed tomography coronary angiogram, that is available via referral on his website through to most radiologists, can identify potentially terminal heart issues that are not detected using the traditional approach. His book is beautifully put together and presented, with great illustrations and written in simple language. For anyone who wants to know more about this area of their health, I highly recommend Doctor Warrick’s work and books.
Scott Donoghue
University Tasmania Lecturer and patient
GILLIAN B.
Reviewed on 20th Apr 2024
High Cholesterol - what we need to know
I'm no medic but this book gave me the information I had been looking for. High cholesterol doesn't automatically mean statins for life - there are alternatives to be explored. Containing enough medical information for those who want that level, the book was easy enough to follow for those of us who aren't so bothered! Dr Warrick Bishop clearly has a passion for getting heart scans accepted into mainstream medicine and reading this book you can see why. As the subtitle of the book says, ' this book may save your life'. Well worth a read before your first heart attack!
Paul D Archer / PACE AUSTRALIA
Reviewed on 20th Apr 2024
The book is an easy to read and easy to understand summary of what ...
Having been a patient of Warrick Bishop's, I can testify first-hand to the value of this book. In my view, it's essential reading for anyone over 55 - whether you have high cholesterol or not. The book is an easy to read and easy to understand summary of what can , and does, wrong with your heart, and importantly, what you can do about it - well before a heart attack strikes. We all know of "healthy" people who have suddenly dropped dead - the book answers the question : "why?" Don't hesitate - buy a copy now, for you and for family and friends
Melmjr
Reviewed on 20th Apr 2024
Good read
Great to see evidence based approach to managing cardiac health as opposed to the more typical one size fit all “have some statins”
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