The book provides detailed and clear answers to the most pressing questions related to vascular and heart diseases: hypertension, ischemia, heart attack. Comprehensive information is presented about the dangers and benefits of cholesterol, the causes of heart pain; the most striking symptoms; about modern methods for diagnosing heart diseases; about the whole variety of conservative treatment methods and methods of surgical intervention; methods of rehabilitation and prevention; about the regime of physical activity and nutrition; features of herbal medicine, as well as much other useful information for “heart patients” and their loved ones. In addition, modern types of surgical intervention for this problem are described, sets of special physical exercises, herbal medicine recipes, and dietary recommendations are offered. Addressed to a wide range of readers.