Cronica Del Corazon

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Summary

Crónica del corazón

Authors: Mauro Moscucci and Raúl Guerrero

Price: $14.99

Book Specifics: 150 pages. Trade

Paperback 6x9. In Spanish.

Publication: September 2014

(advance-copy May 15, 2014).

Publisher: ValensBooks

Synopsis

Raúl Guerrero thought himself immune to disease: never got sick, never had been hospitalized. Then, from nowhere, a stab in the middle of the chest knocked him down. He lived to tell the story, an exploration to the origins of his heart disease and a pressing question: he had survived a heart attack, and now what?  Raúl Guerrero teems up with his cardiologist, Mauro Moscucci, Chief of Cardiology at the University of Miami, to answer that question, or, Dr. Moscucci puts it more succinctly, to strategize the ways to defeat heart-disease. Crónica del corazón is personal and scientifically rigorous, a memoir and a mini encyclopedia of the heart. 

Written in clear and concise Spanish.  

Crónica del corazón is divided into 4 parts and 20 chapters:

Part One: A biography probing habits and attitudes leading to risk factors for heart disease. 

Part Two: A journalistic investigation on the cultural and environmental factors behind the high incidence of heart disease among Hispanic communities.

Part Three: An encyclopedic overview of the mechanics of the heart, risk factors for heart disease, heart disease, diagnosis, and treatment, both surgical and pharmacological. It includes two chapters on women’s cardiology and risks for children and adolescents.

Part Four: A study on the life style propitious for a healthy longevity, focusing on diet,
exercise, and strategies to control diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol,
obesity and stress.   

What they say about the Book

The Essential Guide for the Heart in Spanish. 

Raúl Guerrero chronicles his life as a clinical study, exploring the causes of his life-threatening heart disease. In the process he explores issues affecting the health of Hispanic communities, including immigration, language, education, divorce, and alcoholism. In the second half of the book, Mr. Guerrero joins forces with his cardiologist to offer strategies to avoid and deter risk factors for heart disease.

Review by Columbia University Department of Surgery.

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