In this book, the famous Russian cardiologist, General Director of the National Medical Research Center. V. A. Almazova, President of the Russian Society of Cardiology, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Evgeniy Vladimirovich Shlyakhto answers patients’ questions in detail about how to maintain and strengthen the health of the cardiovascular system, what diseases most often affect the heart and blood vessels, what examinations need to be carried out for their timely diagnostics and how patients with chronic heart and vascular diseases should behave in everyday life, as well as in the event of the appearance or exacerbation of these diseases.