The human heart is a vital organ that functions as a pump, providing a continuous circulation of blood through the body. The heart is also enclosed in a protective.
The heart is principally composed of cardiac muscle and connective tissue.

The average human heart beats 72 beats per minute.
The heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times during an average 66 year lifespan

DISEASE THAT THE HEART CAN GET

• Heart disease
• You can also get cancer on your heart

HEART DISEASE FACTS

• About 600,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year–that’s 1 in every 4 deaths.1
• Every year about 720,000 Americans have a heart attack. Of these, 515,000 are a first heart attack and 205,000 happen in people who have already had a heart attack.2

FACTS ABOUT HEART CANCER

• Heart cancer (primary cardiac tumor) is cancer that arises in the heart. Cancerous (malignant) tumors that begin in the heart are most often sarcomas
• Heart cancer is extremely rare. For example, a review of more than 12,000 autopsies identified only seven cases of primary cardiac tumor — an incidence of less than 0.1 percent.