Book 01 / Published

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Your Heart House

An Artisan’s Approach™ to Understanding Heart Health

Aarush Manchanda, MD, makes complex cardiovascular medicine intuitive through an original metaphor: the heart as a house.

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Your Heart House — An Artisan’s Approach to Understanding Heart Health book

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A clear language
for the heart.

No two patients are the same. The Artisan’s Approach reflects a personalized way of thinking about heart health, while Your Heart House uses a memorable structural analogy to explain anatomy, disease, and care.

CategoryAuthored knowledge
ProtectionCopyright & trademark
PurposePatient education
Illustration comparing plaque rupture and heart attack to a volcanic eruption

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Medicine explained
through visual analogy.

The Heart House framework turns difficult cardiovascular concepts into images readers can understand and remember. A plaque rupture, for example, is presented as a volcanic eruption within the heart’s plumbing—connecting clinical science with familiar visual language.

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Book 02 / Currently in production

Artisan’s Approach
to Integrative Medicine

A practical framework for understanding where conventional and complementary approaches can meet—grounded in safety, evidence, individual needs, and shared decision-making.

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Front cover
Updated back cover with Dr. Aarush Manchanda's current portrait and biography
Back cover — current author biography
StatusCurrently in production
FormatHealth education
AuthorAarush Manchanda, MD, FACC, FASNC
Book 02 editorial documentExplore the complete, professionally designed working outline.
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Working outline

The editorial
framework.

  1. I

    Introduction

    • Why the Artisan’s Approach to Integrative Medicine is important
    • Terminology: integrative, alternative, holistic, and complementary medicine
    • The expense of chronic disease and its effect on quality of care
    • Hospital guidelines and disease-specific checklists
    • The next step: shared decision-making
  2. II

    Three types of illness

    • Life- and limb-threatening illness
    • Chronic disease
    • Self-resolving or self-limiting illness
  3. III

    History of alternative medicine

  4. IV

    When to seek alternative medicine

    • Life- and limb-threatening illness: during healing after essential treatment
    • Chronic disease: lifestyle changes while receiving treatment
    • Self-resolving illness: individualized approaches based on needs and beliefs
  5. V

    Types of alternative medicine and treatment

    • Mind-body approaches: massage, art therapy, sports, music, dance medicine, yoga, and meditation
    • Supplements
    • Herbs and essential oils
    • Food
  6. VI

    Finding the balance of mind and body

Dr. Aarush Manchanda

Current author biography

Dr. Aarush Manchanda

Aarush Manchanda, MD, FACC, FASNC, is a board-certified noninvasive cardiologist and advanced cardiac imaging specialist with more than 15 years of experience. He holds board certifications in cardiovascular disease, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, and cardiovascular computed tomography, with advanced fellowship training in cardiac CT and MRI.

Dr. Manchanda has served as Director of Noninvasive Cardiology and Advanced Cardiac Imaging at Montage Health and as Medical Director of Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging at Intermountain Healthcare. He is an author, published researcher, and inventor with multiple medical-device patents, including ARKA™, the digital EKG caliper.

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