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- Theleading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States
-One person dies every 36 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease
-About 655,000 Americans die from heart disease each year—that's 1 in every 4 deaths
-Plaque buildup thickens and stiffens artery walls, which can inhibit blood flow through your arteries to your organs and tissues
-The most common type of heart disease in the United States is coronary artery disease (CAD), which affects the blood flow to the heart
-Although we can't cure heart disease, we can make it better. Most forms of heart disease are very treatable today
- There is some evidence that normalizing high blood pressure and lowering cholesterol to very low levels will partially reverse plaques in the coronary arteries
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