Gwheartandvascular.org Website Review

An ad*lt heart is about the size of two intertwined fists. Each day an average heart beats 100,000 times and pumps 2,000 gallons During a lifetime, the heart will pump 1 million barrels of blood. A heart will beat 2.5 billion times in an 80-year life. The body contains 60,000 miles of blood vessels. Every year since 1900 (with the exception of 1918) heart disease has killed more Americans than any other disease. Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women in the United Heart disease kills more Americans than all forms of cancer combined. 1 out of every 5 deaths in the United Stated is the result of coronary More than 40 percent of African American ad*lts have cardiovascular disease. 1.2 million people per year will experience a heart attack. 38 percent of people who experience a heart attack will die as a About 7.9 million Americans have survived a heart attack. 13 million Americans have coronary artery disease. 50 percent of men and 64 percent of women who die suddenly of heart disease have no prior symptoms. 72 million Americans have high blood pressure. 66 percent of Americans are overweight or obese. The No. 1 preventable cause of heart disease is cigarette smoking. More than 300,000 Americans per year die as a result of sudden cardiac About 95 percent of sudden cardiac arrest patients die before reaching the hospital. CPR can double or triple a sudden cardiac arrest patient's chance of survival. The GW Heart & Vascular Institute’s community health workers make home visits and telephone contacts as*isting inner city patients with both medical and social needs. These patients are affected by chronic conditions such as heart failure, diabetes, and hypertension.. NOVEMBER 2018: GW CARDIOLOGISTS AND FELLOWS PRESENT NEW DISCOVERIES IN CARDIAC MEDICINE. GW cardiology fellows and faculty demonstrated their academic leadership in the Mid-Atlantic region (DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware) through original research and as invited speakers and session moderators at the Mid-Atlantic Capital Cardiology Symposium