article_snippet: heart disease is an extraordinarily important issue, which hit home for me recently when my dad suffered a heart attack and underwent major surgery,' my dad said. '
article_snippet: Once you see a loved one crippled with heart disease, you realise how debilitating it is.'
article_snippet: Cardiovascular disease (including heart, stroke and blood vessel diseases) affects one in six Australians.
article_snippet: Accounting for 13 per cent of all deaths, Cardiovascular disease (including heart, stroke and blood vessel diseases) claimed the lives of 20,046 Australians in 2012.  
article_snippet: Each year, around 55,000 Australians suffer a heart attack, equating to one heart attack every 10 minutes.