Nearly 2,300 Americans die of cardiovascular diseases each day -- one person every 38 seconds.  Cardiovascular diseases claim more lives each year than cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases and accidents combined.  About every 25 seconds, an American will have a coronary event, and about every minute someone will die from one.  On average, every 40 seconds someone in the United States has a stroke.

Research is a major weapon in our fight against these diseases.  Read about our strategy to fight CVD and stroke, our commitment to support early career investigators, our goals for the future, our distribution of dollars and much more in Research Facts.

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