Did You Know?

• Memorial Health University Physicians -- CVT Surgery has performed over 10,000 cardiac surgeries with excellent results.
• Memorial Health University Physicians -- CVT Surgery participates in the Society of Thoracic Surgery's Data Bank
• Over 60 million Americans have one or more forms of cardiovascular disease.
• Males are more likely to have heart attacks than women earlier in life. However, females are more likely to have a heart attack once they reach late adulthood.
• About 50 million Americans have high blood pressure (approximately one in five Americans).
• Of those with high blood pressure, about one-third are unaware they have it.
• Less active people have a 30 to 50 percent greater risk of developing high blood pressure.
• More than 30 million Americans are living with chronic lung disease.
• Coronary heart disease is the single leading cause of death in America today.
• Lung disease is the third leading cause of death in America.
• About one-sixth of all people who die of cardiovascular disease are under the age of 65.
• Approximately every 29 seconds an American will suffer a coronary event, and about every minute someone will die from it.
• From 1985 to 1995, death rates from cardiovascular disease decreased 22 percent.
• Every year, at least 250,000 people die of coronary attack within one hour of the onset of symptoms and before they reach a hospital.