Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Everything you need to incorporate complementary and alternative therapies into traditional cardiology practice"...a milestone in the inevitable merging of the two fields."--Dr. Andrew T. Weil, MDWritten by the leading experts in cardiology and integrative medicine, this practical resource delivers a critical and balanced assessment of the evidence for complementary alternative medicine (CAM) approaches and their use in conjunction with traditional therapies.Comprehensive coverage includes: CAM treatment modalities Legal and ethical issues An important overview of the mechanistic and physiologic links between CAM and the cardiovascular systemAll categories identified by the NIH's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) studySpecial considerations in such vital areas as women's health, obesity, aging, and end-of-life careUseful appendix that provides reliable sources of further information for both physicians and patients


John H.K. Vogel, MD, MACC, FSCAI, FESC Former Chairman Cardiology Department Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and Former President American Heart Association Santa Barbara, California Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD, FACC, FCCP Professor, Medicine/Cardiology Duke University Medical Center Director, Cardiovascular Devices Unit Duke Clinical Research Institute Durham, North Carolina