Introduction Part I: The Ancient Heart 1. The Heart Means Life 2. Heart and Soul 3. The Heart and God 4. An Emotional Heart 5. Ancient Understanding of the Physical Heart 6. Ancient Heart Disease Part II: The Heart Goes Into the Darkness and Comes Out in the Light 7. The Dark Ages 8. The Islamic Golden Age 9. The Viking Cold Hjarta 10. American Heart Sacrifice 11. The Heart Renaissance 12. Hither and Thither Part III: heART 13. The Heart in Art 14. The Heart in Literature 15. The Heart in Music 16. Heart Rituals Part IV: Heart 101 17. The Pump 18. Heart Anatomy 19. Heart Sounds 20. The Color of Blood 21. The Heart's Electrical System 22. What Is an EKG? 23. What Is Blood Pressure? 24. What Is Heart Failure? 25. What Is "Having a Coronary" 26. Sex, Race, and Ethnicity in Heart Disease 27. Sudden Death of an Athlete 28. The Word "Heart" Part V: The Modern Heart 29. Enlightenment and the Age of Revolution 30. The Twentieth Century and Heart Disease 31. Aspirin 32. The Twentieth Century and Heart Surgery 33. The Heart Now 34. Broken Heart Syndrome 35. The Heart-Brain Connection 36. The Future Heart Afterword Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Further Reading Index