Alisson Quotes

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.

My heart may be black but it was still capable of heart failure.

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

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

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

My doctor told me that I would have had a heart attack on stage.

You know what our number one threat is? Heart disease.

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.

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.

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

Clinically, angina pectoris was known to be precipitated by anxiety and emotion just as well as by exercise.

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.

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.

If you're going to have a heart attack, mine was the kind to have. I'm thankful that it hasn't affected my output or my capacity to perform. And it has given me a lot to think and write about.

Both my parents had heart problems: my mother had type 2 diabetes, and my father had a stroke.

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 come from an era when if you are told that you need a triple heart bypass it sounds pretty terminal. But I think it's quite a normal operation these days.

My left descending septal branch artery decided to close without consultation with any of my other organs. It happened on Saint Patrick's Day, 1978.

My father had a heart attack and he has heart disease. He had a full recovery, and I'm very lucky, but it certainly made him look at the way he's living and how he's treating his body.

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.

The ability to diagnose an imminent heart attack has long been considered the holy grail of cardiovascular medicine.

I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.