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Your life depends on this incredible organ doing its job 24/7
As you go through your day, you probably don’t spend much time thinking about your heart and all that it’s doing. But let’s take a few moments to appreciate this life-sustaining organ in your chest.
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Your heart starts beating well before you’re born and continues its rhythmic work until the day you die. That’s just the start (and end) of its amazing story, though.
Here are a few more heart-related facts, courtesy of cardiologist Brian Griffin, MD.
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