Discusses how the heart and circulatory system work, the functions of blood, how doctors help people with blood and heart disorders, and how to keep the cardiovascular system healthy through diet and exercise.
Informative text, photographs, and real-life stories describe life-threatening heart problems and how they are treated and offer tips for heart health.
Describes the basic features of the heart and cardiovascular system, the diseases that may affect them and the science that has evolved to treat heart diseases.
Thirty-four-year-old Internet entrepreneur Ryan Perry, diagnosed with incurable cardiomyopathy, is lucky to receive a heart transplant in time to save his life, and things are just starting to return to normal when he begins receiving unmarked gifts and messages from a mysterious stalker who claims the heart is hers.