Heart Awareness Month: Valley woman shares family history of heart disease
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One person dies every 36 seconds in the U.S. from cardiovascular disease, the CDC reports. That s about 655,000 American each year.
Chief Cardiologist at Harlingen Medical Center Dr. Shereef Hilmy says it s important to live a healthy lifestyle and know the factors that put you at higher risk of heart disease.
Hilmy says even people that show no symptoms of heart disease can have a sudden heart attack. As a matter of fact 50% of heart attacks happen as the first manifestation of heart disease, Hilmy said.