A useful book on ways of monitoring and reducing your risk of atherosclerosis. It’s a fairly quick read, useful more for those in North America in terms of links at the end of the book but still informative for those outside of North America.

Your Arteries--An Owner's Manual by William L. Driscoll was an interesting book and a great book for medical and nursing students.

It was based on 40 peer-reviewed medical journal articles, helps the reader understand heart disease, how early-stage heart disease may be detected, how healthy choices and/or statin therapy may slow or stop the progression of heart disease, and how stopping progression of heart disease may prevent a heart attack, a stroke, or vascular dementia. The book has nine chapters and an appendix:

1. Heart Disease is A Disease of the Arteries

2. How Arteries Get Clogged Even with a “Normal” Cholesterol Level

3. Limiting Artery Clogging at an Early Stage Can Protect Your Health

4. Should You Get Tested for Artery Clogging?

5. How to Get Tested for Artery Clogging

6. If You Have Artery Clogging: Healthy Choices

7. If You Have Artery Clogging: Statin Therapy

8. How Safe Are Statins?

9. When to Seek Out a Preventive Cardiologist

Thank you to Netgalley and Hawkeye Press | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), the publisher for my ARC.

A general informative manuel on our arteries and what we can do to prevent heart disease. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher.

General entry level manual that is exactly as described. It features typical medical terminology and disease process topics. It also includes common tests for diagnoses, prevention advice, and therapies. It also includes corresponding studies for conditions and therapies. The Manual is well written and easy to follow.

I think the book is exactly what it presents to be and that I might be not completely satisfied, because I projected my own expectations onto it. Let me explain. Your arteries - An Owner's Manual is quite literally a manual, on what to be aware of to keep your arteries healthy, what kind of tests you can get and how often and also, what to eat, to enhance your coronary health. Everything is well documented with related studies.

So, where was I expecting more? Well, I was somehow hoping for more input regarding the enhancing your coronary health, with more specifics. The focus of the book is mostly on your levels of LDL, on the necessity to go through some coronary check-up and the use of medication. I would have liked more information on what I - the user - can do on my own, that could benefit my arteries.

Nevertheless, an interesting read!
Thank you for letting me read it!