Is heart disease an epidemic in the U.S.?

Is heart disease an epidemic in the U.S.?

Rose Marie Robertson, MD, FAHA, FACC, FESC (Chief Science Officer and Past President of the Board of American Heart Association) gives expert video advice on: What are the most common types of heart disease?; Is heart disease genetic?; How does having a heart condition affect the rest of my body? and more...

If an epidemic is something that affects the majority of the population, then there's no question that heart disease is an epidemic in the US. Heart disease is the number one killer of Americans, both men and women, and the unfortunate thing is that much of that heart disease epidemic could in fact be prevented. On the other hand, that's good news, because it means that we can do better in the future.