Take Heart 2000 Join the fight against heart disease and stroke Welcome to the Take Heart 2000 website. Take Heart 2000 is the American Heart Association's initiative to educate presidential and congressional candidates, the public and the media about heart and stroke issues and urge them to take action to help prevent, treat and cure these devastating diseases. Heart disease is America's number-one killer.
Stroke is our number-three killer.
Both are leading causes of long-term disability. Yet, thousands of lives are lost or torn apart because public policies don't go far enough to advance the prevention and treatment of these tragic diseases. Together, we can save these lives. But it will take more than talk - it will take heart, commitment and action. Finding cures for heart disease and stroke greatly depends on elected officials putting their hearts and minds in the right place and taking action.