Understand that keeping physically active strengthens your heart muscle, which reduces your heart failure symptoms and benefits your overall health.

Heart disease is the number one killer of women, but many women do not know the facts. This video reviews heart disease risk factors specific to women, including the use of hormone replacement therapy. It includes a review of the warning signs of a heart attack and emphasizes that women be proactive in their healthcare. A chapter devoted to reducing risk factors through lifestyle changes can help the patient take steps to better health. This video...

Become familiar with the medications you may receive and the restrictions you will have during your brief stay in the hospital.

Did you know that there might be a cure for your racing heart, pounding chest, and fainting spells? Recent clinical studies and advances in medical technology have led to new treatments that can control or eliminate many abnormal heart rhythms. This program discusses how to recognize arrhythmia and what to do if you have it.

It's a relief to leave the hospital, but a patient should also plan carefully for the return home. Make sure all the bases are covered, including who to call if there is a problem. Part 3 provides tips to make the return home easier.

Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the United States. In Part 1, patients will understand how to recognize heart disease risks and symptoms, medication options, cardiac rehabilitation, and ongoing management.

Understand how coronary artery disease causes stable and unstable angina, and why immediate action is important when you experience angina or other symptoms of a possible heart attack.

Become familiar with the common information that your cardiac team will review with you upon discharge from the hospital and the importance of following your discharge instructions.

Find out which fat and carbohydrate choices are the best for heart health and why making just a few changes in what and how much you eat can help you heal.

Describes the structure and function of the human circulatory system.