Front cover of FLOW: A Clearer Way to Understand and Protect Your Heart by Nachiket J. Patel, MD

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A clearer framework for understanding and protecting your heart

Heart disease can develop quietly – even when someone feels well and testing looks reassuring. In FLOW, interventional cardiologist Dr. Nachiket J. Patel offers a clearer framework for understanding symptoms, tests, plaque, risk, treatment decisions, recovery, and prevention.

The goal is not certainty. It is a clearer question, a safer decision, and a next step you understand.

Inside FLOW

What you’ll discover

Clear explanations designed to support better questions and more informed conversations with your care team.

What a “normal” result means

Understand what a test did assess, what it did not assess, and why important questions can remain.

Why plaque behavior matters

Learn how plaque-related heart attacks can begin and why blockage size is only part of the picture.

How prevention fits together

See how blood pressure, ApoB, Lp(a), metabolic health, sleep, and inherited risk can shape the plan.

How to choose a clearer next step

Know when to act, when follow-up makes sense, and how to make informed decisions with your care team.

Companion resources

The FLOW Toolkit

Continue beyond the book with 14 free, printer-friendly companion worksheets for visits, tests, treatment decisions, recovery, and prevention.

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Continue with FLOW

Order the paperback on Amazon, then use the free companion toolkit to prepare for visits, understand tests, compare treatment options, and plan recovery.

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