Anderson Cooper Quotes

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.

Awareness about heart disease has got to be raised.

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

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 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.

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

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

Too many U.S. adults have a heart age years older than their real age, increasing their risk of heart disease and stroke. Everybody deserves to be young - or at least not old - at heart.

When I heard that heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined - when I heard that, I knew. The other thing that's very important is that heart disease...is preventable. There are some specific lifestyle changes that women can make: losing weight, not smoking, exercising, eating healthy foods. Knowing the risk factors: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, [being] overweight. And if you have heart disease in your family, you should see your doctor. Because this disease is preventable.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women.

As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.

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

They told me that I had a leaky valve, which is something that is certainly not life-threatening. It's common and it's something that had I not known about it, would I have lived? Sure. But it's something that I think is important to know, especially as I get older and given that I have heart disease in my 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.

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

Get your heart checked. I've always looked at myself as healthy, but I wasn't.

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.

Cholesterol has nothing to do with heart disease. Nothing wrong with saturated fats.

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

I have learnt a lot about my body since my heart attack. I don't drink as much now as before.

I saw many people who had advanced heart disease and I was so frustrated because I knew if they just knew how to do the right thing, simple lifestyle and diet steps, that the entire trajectory of their life and health would have been different.

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

I care about heart.