Wilbert Aronow, MD, professor of medicine in the divisions of cardiology, geriatrics and pulmonary/critical medicine, and chief of the cardiology clinic at Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. Dr. Aronow has edited eight books and is the author or coauthor of more than 2,250 scientific papers, abstracts and commentaries that have appeared in The Lancet,The New England Journal of Medicine,Circulation and other medical journals.
When you have a heart attack, you know it because the main symptom—crushing chest pain—is overwhelmingly obvious. That’s what most…
