Thursday Is National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day!
Mark your calendars! This Thursday, February 22, 2018, is National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day!
"Why have a day dedicated to heart valve disease awareness?" you might be wondering.
Well... Consider that 5 million people in the United States alone have heart valve disease. However, 40% of American adults have never even heard of heart valve disease. Uggh! Double Uggh! Triple Uggh! Here's a video about this special day!
Video available online at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFmBIMq5nFU
For this reason, over 20 organizations have come together to raise awareness and fight heart valve disease. To learn about all the great online and offline events planned for this special day, here are several links to help you:
Visit ValveDiseaseDay.org, a website dedicated to this campaign.
See the Event List for National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day.
Hope you join us for this wonderful and important day!!!
Keep on tickin!
Adam
Written by Adam Pick
Patient & Website Founder
Written by Adam Pick - Patient & Website Founder
Adam Pick is a heart valve patient and author of The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. In 2006, Adam founded HeartValveSurgery.com to educate and empower patients. This award-winning website has helped over 10 million people fight heart valve disease. Adam has been featured by the American Heart Association and Medical News Today.
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