Where can I learn more about my heart disease?

Taking a proactive and education-focused approach will help you greatly as you start to make permanent heart-healthy lifestyle changes. Cardiologist Dr. Alfred Bove says, “The number one issue is that patients need to understand their disease. The expectations for me are that they will manage their own cardiovascular risk factors, not just take orders from me. Patients are like the managers of their own databases, but I’m managing five hundred databases [patient files].”

You can find extensive resources from the American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org) and Cardiosmart (www.cardiosmart.org).