Live Younger Longer

Stephen (Steve) Kopecky, M.D.,
is a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. He
specializes in helping people lower their risk of heart disease and of having a heart attack
or stroke. He also helps individuals with heart disease reduce their risk of further
complications.
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Acknowledgments
I am indebted to Mayo Clinic for allowing me to write this book and for
their deep support throughout the process. I also want to extend my sincere
gratitude to the many people who helped this book become a reality:
To the Mayo Clinic Press team including Dan Harke, Karen Wallevand,
Amanda Knapp, Jennifer Koski, Heather LaBruna, Allison Vandenberg-
Daves, Laura Waxman and Jodi Wentz for their talented help. To Rachel
Haring Bartony, my editor, who spent countless hours teaching me the
essentials of writing and organizing a book, and for her many excellent
ideas and insights.
To my colleagues — doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, dietitians and
exercise physiologists who work in the Cardiovascular Health Clinic of
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. — for continuing to teach me about the best
way to prevent disease.
To Dr. Bruce Johnson, Dr. Ray Squires and Dr. Tom Allison for educating
me from their vast wisdom about the exercise physiology of the human
body.
To Dr. Amit Sood and Dr. Edward Creagan, two past colleagues from Mayo
Clinic who have given me valuable advice on the mindset necessary to
write a book and on how to communicate with patients and readers.

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To my mentors, Dr. Robert Frye, Dr. Gerald Gau and Dr. George Gura, all
wonderful humanitarians who showed me how to communicate with
patients.
To Tom Root and Dr. Ming-Kai Chin of The Foundation for Global
Community Health for showing me that reaching the world’s children is the
best way to prevent future disease.
To my father, Dr. Leon Kopecky, and my mother, Dr. Ina Moodie Calhoun
Kopecky, from whom I learned that physicians are required to not only cure
an illness, but also heal a patient.
To my wife, Linda, who’s always given me unconditional love and support,
and my children and children-in-law, Emily and Tim Miller and Dr. Katy
Kopecky and Dr. Ben Kopecky, who have helped me tremendously with
this book by giving me insights from the millennial generation about what’s
important in life.
Finally, to all my patients who I have been fortunate enough to know —
they have taught me so much about their illnesses and the causes through
their honest discussions.
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