Imelda Staunton Quotes

Heart disease is no laughing matter. After my father suffered a massive heart attack, I realized just how serious heart disease can be.

Most women do not realize that heart disease is the #1 killer of American women.

I'm concerned about heart disease. I've raised money to fight heart disease; my dad died of it.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women.

I've had people in the family, male and female, impacted by heart disease. But people can prevent it.

Any kind of blockage is heart disease; when you have a blood clot anywhere, that's heart disease. When Wilt Chamberlain died, strongest man I ever met in my life, I started paying attention.

I was 19 when my father died from a heart attack. He was a 55-year-old college professor and had led what was by all appearances a risk-free life. But he was overweight, and heart disease runs in our family.

The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced the loss first hand, I am inspired to do everything I can to break the cycle and prevent families from losing loved ones to this preventable disease.

Fat is one of the chief enemies of the heart because it has to be plentifully supplied with blood and thus needlessly increases the pumping load that the heart must sustain.

I thought I had a chest infection and went to the doctor - five days later I was under the knife. It came completely out of the blue. My arteries were 95% blocked.

I accepted the role of spokesman for Lipitor because I am dedicated to the battle against heart disease, which killed my father at age 62 and motivated me to become a medical doctor.

Mum and Dad died of heart problems, my grandparents died of it, my sister has had mini strokes, my brother has had a heart attack - it's genetic; there's nothing I can do.

Without enough nitric oxide, your arteries can stiffen, raising blood pressure and your risk of heart attack.

Diabetes and obesity together are the worst disease facing the country and its getting worse

Preventing cardiovascular disease can help free up critical resources for treating HIV/AIDS and other illnesses.

I've had some heart problems, and I'm on the straight and narrow.

My grandmother and father both had diabetes.

High blood pressure is a major health crisis in the black community.

As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.

Both my parents had strokes. My father had several, but the last one was fatal. It's a horribly disabling bug, a stroke.

I want the public to know the truth, not every condition affecting the heart comes from a blockage.

Awareness about heart disease has got to be raised.

I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease.

My mom was a diabetic. Her sister was a diabetic, so I was already a candidate.

I had a 23 per cent blockage in my micro-arteries. At first the doctors thought I needed a heart transplant, then they said I have microvascular angina, which means I will be on medication for the rest of my life.