We often talk about heart disease, but do you know just how much this disease actually effects our loved ones each year?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
- Heart disease is the leading 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.
- Heart disease costs the United States about $219 billion each year from 2014 to 2015. This included the cost of health care services, medicines, and lost productivity due to death.
If you have found yourself or a family member in need of a cardiologist, UC Davis Health’s Heart and Vascular Center can connect you to extraordinary care, close to home. As one of America’s best for cardiology and heart surgery as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, UC Davis Health provides the Sacramento region world-class expertise, leading-edge therapies, robotic-assisted technologies, and minimally invasive surgical techniques to help manage your heart health.
Their world-renowned cardiologists, vascular specialists, and cardiothoracic surgeons are committed to providing integrated, seamless, and personalized treatment options designed just for you.
UC Davis’ multidisciplinary team of surgeons also connects families to expert care through the UC Davis Children’s Hospital Pediatric Heart Center, offering a wide range of diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical procedures for infants, children and adolescents.
As partners in your heart health, UC Davis Health offers local everyday care and world-class specialty care at 18 neighborhood clinics in 10 area communities with on-site access to specialists in cardiology.
To learn more about their heart and vascular services or to find a doctor near you, visit heart.ucdavis.edu.