““Heart disease, often used interchangeably with the term “cardiovascular disease” (CVD), describes several conditions affecting the heart, the blood vessels that nourish the heart (the coronary arteries), and the arteries that distribute blood to the brain, legs, and everywhere in-between. Heart disease afflicts or kills as many as one in two adults in the United States and other developed countries. [1]”

Harvard T.H. Chan school of public health (https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/disease-prevention/cardiovascular-disease/)