Books, websites, and online support for people who have had heart attacks or have heart disease.
Recommended Books
Heart Attack
- The Cardiac Recovery Handbook: The Complete Guide to Life After Heart Attack or Heart Surgery
Paul Kligfield
Hatherleigh, 2006 - The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Heart Attacks
Curtis Rimmerman
Kaplan, 2009
Heart Disease
- The First Year: Heart Disease: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
Lawrence D. Chilnick
Da Capo Press, 2008 - American Medical Association Guide to Preventing and Treating Heart Disease: Essential Information You and Your Family Need to Know about Having a Healthy Heart
American Medical Association et al
Wiley, 2008 - Living with Coronary Heart Disease: A Guide for Patients and Families
Jerome E. Granato
The John Hopkins University Press, 2008
Coping/Personal Stories
- On Having a Heart Attack: A Medical Memoir
William O’Rourke
University of Notre Dame Press, 2004 - An Arrow Through the Heart: One Woman’s Story of Life, Love, and Surviving a Near-Fatal Heart Attack
Deborah Daw Heffernan
Free Press, 2008 - Taking On Heart Disease
Larry King and Spotlight Health
Rodale, 2004 - Heart Attack! Advice for Patients by Patients
Kathleen Berra et al
Yale University Press, 2002
Cookbooks
- American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook, 3rd edition
American Heart Association
Clarkson Potter, 2006 - The New American Heart Association Cookbook, 7th edition
American Heart Association
Clarkson Potter, 2007 - American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook, 4th edition
American Heart Association
Clarkson Potter, 2008 - American Heart Association One-Dish Meals
American Heart Association
Clarkson Potter, 2004 - American Heart Association Quick and Easy Cookbook
American Heart Association
Clarkson Potter, 2001 - American Heart Association Meals in Minutes
American Heart Association
Clarkson Potter, 2000 - American Heart Association Low-Fat and Luscious Desserts
American Heart Association
Clarkson Potter, 2000 - American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook, 3rd edition
American Heart Association
Clarkson Potter, 2006
Recommended Web Resources
Websites
- American Heart Association
- Medline Plus: Heart Diseases
- Medline Plus: Heart Attack
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH)
- Heart Rhythm Society