WVIZ/PBS ideastream®: Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease In America
Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease In America
Thursday, May 7 at 7:30 PM
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How can a seemingly healthy 44-year-old suddenly drop dead from a massive heart attack? His case is not unusual, as this documentary explains. More than half of all people who die of heart disease succumb suddenly without warning-and the other half have the disease lurking in their bodies for many years before it strikes. There is no cure, but doctors are making remarkable discoveries about the disease: where it starts, how it occurs, and what that means for us.














