Heart Facts We Hardly Know

Here are some amazing heart facts that most of the people never know.

1. An average human heart beats around 35 million times a year.
2. On average, the heart beats around 100,000 beats per day.
3. In a lifetime of 70 years, the average human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times.
4. An adult heart pumps an average of 2,000 gallons a day which is almost 5 quarts of blood each minute.
5. Myocardiums are the electrical impulses in heart’s muscles responsible for making the heart beat.
6. The medical term for heart failure or cardiac arrest is myocardial infarction.
7. Heart failure usually effects the left side of the heart first.
8. People who suffer from gum diseases are twice as likely to have heart attacks.
9. The normal size of and adult heart is a little larger than a clenched fist.
10. An average human heart weighs less than a pound.
11. The right human lung is larger than the left one. This is because of the space and placement of the heart.
12. The heart of an adult man weighs approximately 10 ounces and a woman’s heart about 8 ounces.
13. About 78 percent of our blood is water.
14. The whole vascular system, which comprises of capillaries, veins and arteries, is approx 60,000 miles long.
15. The adult human heart can generate enough pressure that it can squirt blood to a distance of about 30 feet.
16. Blood takes about 20 seconds to circulate through the entire human body.
17. Coronary artery disease is the number one cause of death in both, men and women. It is also the most common form of heart disease.
18. The first open heart surgery was performed by Dr. Daniel Hall Williams in 1893.
19. The first successful heart transplant was performed in Cape Town, South Africa.
20. Women hearts beat faster than men.
21. One in five females has some form of cardiovascular disease.
22. In the medical history more women have died of cardiovascular diseases than men.
23. Women are more likely to die from their first heart attack than men.
24. In women, heart attacks tend to occur later in life than men but are much more severe.
25. Cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of hospitalization in people older than 65 years.
26. Most heart attacks occur between the hours of 8 & 9 AM.
27. Use of olive oil can reduce the risk of heart complications by lowering the cholesterol level.
28. Scientists have discovered that in boys, the longer the ring finger, the healthier the heart and lesser the chances of having a heart attack.
29. Once a person quits smoking, it takes the heart 3 years to recover from the damages caused by it.