Heart Health month: Cardiologists aim for Texans to be more heart healthy

Cardiovascular disease is claiming more lives than all forms of cancer and chronic lower respiratory diseases combined, according to experts.

However, Americans can do more to prevent an epidemic that accounted for more than 800,000 deaths in 2016. 

In the United States, heart disease, which includes coronary heart disease, hypertension and stroke, remains the leading cause of death. Despite these alarming statistics, the cardiologists at Seton Medical Center Hays in Kyle are looking to combat these diseases with treatment that goes beyond medication.