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Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery -- The Heart Institute
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Are you smart about your heart?  Find out by taking this Heart Health Quiz.

  1. Heart disease is the leading killer of men and women in the United States.
    True
    False

  2. In the average lifetime, the heart pumps one million barrels of blood.
    True
    False

  3. A heart attack is caused by blockage of the arteries that supply blood to the heart.
    True
    False

  4. Chest pain always means you're having a heart attack.
    True
    False

  5. The best thing you can do for your heart is take a brisk walk every day.
    True
    False

  6. Using olive oil as your principal fat can improve your cholesterol levels.
    True
    False

  7. If you have coronary artery disease, it cannot be reversed.
    True
    False

  8. Stroke and heart attacks are related conditions.
    True
    False

  9. The heart of a 70-year-old person has beaten more than 2 ½ billion times.
    True
    False

  10. The most important dietary change you can make for heart health is to lower your consumption of dietary cholesterol.
    True
    False
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