What are the important facts and statistics about heart attack, stroke, and atherosclerosis?
Most heart attacks and strokes are due to arterial disease known as atherosclerosis or "hardening of the arteries."
Over 2,000 Americans die each day from heart attacks and stroke – one out of every 3 deaths or one every 40 seconds.
Cardiovascular disease claims more lives than all forms of cancer combined.
Heart disease is the #1 cause of death in the world and the leading cause of death in the United States, killing over 375,000 people per year.
Stroke is the #5 cause of death in the United States, killing 129,000 people per year.
About 795,000 people have a stroke every year in the US.
Stroke is the leading preventable cause of disability.
About 8.5 million Americans are living with some consequence of cardiovascular disease or the after-effects of stroke.
About 635,000 people in the US have a first time heart attack each year and 300,000 have recurrent heart attacks.
Screening for arterial disease can be more effective, less invasive, efficient, and less expensive than most of us think. Here is why you should schedule a CureScreen Ultrasound appointment:
It is very common. In reality, eveyone should be presumed guilty until proven innocent, or free of disease. It is a Catastrophic Unseen Reversible Epidemic thst stands for CURE.
Six of every ten Americans who have suffered a heart attack never knew they had cardiovascular disease.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, yet most are not screened optimally compared to screening for cancer.
Only 54 percent of women recognize that heart disease is their number one killer.
Arterial disease kills and disables far more women than all the cancers combined, yet most women (and men) are not screened optimally for arterial disease.
Even those with exemplary lifestyles and those who pass standard testing (like stress tests) can suffer events. Standard testing misses all but the more advanced most dangerous stages of the disease. Early detection and treatment is the hallmark of any successful strategy for disease cure when it is infection or cancer. It should and can be the same for arterial disease.
Take the first step in preventing heart attack and stroke. Schedule a simple, 15-minute CureScreen or request a complementary Discovery Call with Dr. Backs.