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A complete resource for integrating Western and Chinese medicine treatments in cardiology.

Table of Contents

Part I: Personalizing MedicineChapter 1: HolismChapter 2: Medical EmpathyChapter 3: Patient PerspectivesChapter 4: The Systems of Chinese Medicine and Western MedicineChapter 5: Personalizing Medicine

Part II: Factors in Prevention and TreatmentChapter 6: HyperlipidemiaChapter 7: Overview of Hypertension and Diabetes Type 1 & 2

Part III: Cardiac Rhythm DiseasesChapter 8: ArrhythmiaChapter 9: Sick Sinus Syndrome

Part IV: Chamber and Valve DiseasesChapter 10: Angina PectorisChapter 11: Rheumatic Heart DiseaseChapter 12: EndocarditisChapter 13: Cardiogenic Shock

Part V: Vascular DiseasesChapter 14: Thromoangiitis ObliteransChapter 15: Takayasu Arteritis

Part VI: Traditional Chinese Cardiovascular HerbsChapter 15: Herbs

Part VII: Integrating TCM and Western MedicinesChapter 16: Drug Classes and TCM Counterparts

About the Author

Dr. Anika Niambi Al-Shura has 12 continuous years of TCM study between the United States and China. Her master's degree was earned from a TCM college in the United States. In China, the author has earned hospital study certificates in Chinese medicine, internal medicine and surgery at two university hospitals, and completed an advanced scholar program in a third TCM university hospital to establish the specialty of cardiology. She has gathered additional knowledge and experiences from 8 different hospitals from north to south China. Dr. Al-Shura currently teaches community health and internal medicine subjects in a medical university in China, and has a history of teaching at two other medical universities in China. Also, she is finishing a doctorate degree in medical education (expected 2013), and has a continuing education program on integrative cardiovascular Chinese medicine with NCCAOM and Florida Acupuncture Board approved courses.