Heart disease /

Tully, Mary-Alice.

Heart disease / Mary-Alice and Marianne Tully. - New York : F. Watts, 1980. - 64 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - A First book .

Includes Bibliography and index

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Early history of heart study

Chapter 3: The work of the heart

Chapter 4: Diagnosis: The tools of the trade

Chapter 5: Athrosclerosis and coronary artery disease: clogged tubes

Chapter 6: Heart attacks and arrhythmias

Chapter 7: Heart surgery: Spare parts

Chapter 8: Rheumatic fever and valve damage: Infection strikes the heart

Chapter 9: Birth defects of the heart: The malformed heart

Chapter 10: Congestive heart failure: the exhausted heart

Chapter 11: High blood pressure

Discusses the history of heart study, the function of the heart, and the symptoms, causes, cures, and prevention of various heart diseases.

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Heart--Diseases--Juvenile literature.
Heart--Diseases.

WS 113 A398h 1980