ROANOKE, Va. – With the coronavirus pandemic ongoing, the World Heart Foundation wants to stress that taking care of your heart is more important than ever. Tuesday is World Heart Day, a day dedicated to bringing awareness to cardiovascular disease and the conditions it may cause. Within two years of quitting, the risk of coronary heart disease is substantially reduced Keep the amount of alcohol you drink within recommended guidelinesAnother recommendation, know the symptoms of heart disease or any other heart-related emergency. Months later, during a visit to the Mayo Clinic, Worner was diagnosed with a rare, but life-threatening disease associated with heart failure, transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), a heart disease prevalent in seniors. He wants World Heart Day to be a reminder that coronavirus is not the only thing people should be vigilant about right now.