A comprehensive survey of cardiovascular disease [Heart Disease] is soberly written but not dry, gives authoritative information, and is logically organized…. The authors describe the structure and functioning of the heart and the rest of the circulatory system, the various malfunctions or defects that are popularly grouped under the term "heart disease" and the devices and techniques used in heart surgery. Subsequent chapters discuss heart attacks and what to do if one has or sees such an attack, the relationship between heart ailments and exercise, diet, and the pressures of modern living, and research and preventive measures. A most useful book, not alarmist but candid and sensible.