So You're Having a Heart Cath and Angioplasty

This book is the ultimate guide to cardiac catheterization (heart cath) and angioplasty in the US. It gives you the information you need to be firmly in the driver's seat, from preparing for the first hospital visit, through the heart cath and angioplasty procedures, to the quickest routes to recovery. Real-life patient stories, extensive self-help sections, and detailed illustrations fully explain the procedures, and a glossary and who's who of medical staff take the mystery out of medicine. Also included are a comprehensive directory to Internet and other resources, a guide to complementary therapies, and a diary to help you keep track of your treatment-and your recovery.

E. MAGNUS OHMAN MD, FRCPI, FACC is the Ernest and Hazel Craige Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Chief of the Division of Cardiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Director of the UNC Heart Center. GAIL COX RN is a cardiology nurse clinician at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Patient Care Coordinator of the UNC Heart Center. STAEPHAEN FORT, MD, MRCP, FRCPC is a staff cardiologist and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. VICTORIA K. FOULGER RN, BPHIL is a chartered herbalist and former cardiac research nurse who has cared for hundred of coronary care patients during her career.