Be Heart Smart

Coronary heart disease has been dubbed the number one killer in America, taking 2,000 Americans lives every day.  But it can be managed. In Be Heart Smart: Understand, Treat, and Prevent Coronary Heart Disease, Dr. Waqar Khan provides a playbook to heart health at any age. A great resource for anyone with a family history of CHD or those already diagnosed, Be Heart Smart will give you the knowledge and tools to take control of your heart health…and be a better advocate for your care.  Be Heart Smart gives the reader warning signs, symptoms, and treatment plans, as well as healthy diet tips and exercise programs and practices for prevention and treatment of the disease.  Dr. Khan answers questions about CHD that you have yet to ask but need to know. Be Heart Smart explains the basics of CHD and outlines how to continue a healthy lifestyle to prevent and manage CHD.

 “...the essential owner’s manual for that life-sustaining machine.” Jay Heinrichs, author of the New York Times bestseller Thank You For Arguing

About the Author:

Waqar Khan, M.D. has been in private practice and an affiliate faculty at Baylor college of Medicine in Houston, TX, and has been providing state-of-the-art cardiology services to the Houston area for over 20 years. Among his numerous awards and honors, Dr. Khan has been named one of Houston’s Top Docs multiple times by H Texas Magazine. Dr. Khan is board certified in Cardiology as well as Interventional Cardiology and is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr Khan has been treating patients with cardiovascular disease for over twenty years. He has extensive experience in coronary, carotid and peripheral vascular interventions.