Includes index.

Introduction - Taking stock, taking charge -- What happens during a heart attack - and why -- The hospital experience -- Medications -- Considering surgery or other interventions -- Getting better day by day -- Assessing your progress -- The risk factor connection -- Cigarettes and heart disease - calling it quits -- Nutrition -- Exercise -- The role of stress -- Coping with emotional aspects of heart attack -- Being prepared -- App.A - Eating out -- App.B. American Heart Association affiliates.