Book excerpt: HOW NOT TO DROP DEAD! A Guide for Prevention of 201 Causes of Sudden or Rapid Death The author of Sex and the Cardiac Patient, Answering Your Questions about Heart Disease and Sex, and Morbid Obesity: Will You Allow it to Kill You? shares with us again his direct and straightforward writing style, with a work of universal appeal that offers a prolific number of lifesaving recommendations. Many preventive measures to avoid a sudden or rapid death are described here. Eduardo Chapunoff, MD, is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Cardiovascular Disease, a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He was a clinical associate professor of Medicine at the University of Miami from 1985 to 1997. He has been included in the biographical records of Marquis Whos Who Publication Board, Personalities of America, Community Leaders of America (American Biographical Institute) and the International Whos Who of Intellectuals (International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England). He was named International Man of the Year 1991-1992 (International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England). Dr. Chapunoff is currently the chief of cardiology at the Doctors Medical Center and its six facilities, Miami, Florida. The Customers Research Council of America 2009, named him one of Americas Top Cardiologists.