And on the whole, cardiovascular diseases (the combination of heart disease and stroke) kill some 950,000 Americans every year.

Still, there are many misconceptions about heart disease: “The biggest misconception is that heart disease only happens to the elderly,” said Elizabeth Schilling, CRNP with the Center for Preventive Cardiology Program at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

In fact, according to the American Heart Association, almost 150,00 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease each year are under the age of 65. And one out of every 20 people below the age of 40 has heart disease.

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