Printed from DiagnosisHeart.com Article Summary Blood Pressure and Heart Attack Risk by Hratch L Karamanoukian, MD and Pierre Aoukar, MD Summary:
Although physicians were taught to believe that it was acceptable to have higher blood pressures as one got older, there has been a paradigm shift in hypertension control in the field of vascular medicine.
It has been shown conclusively that for every 10 point increase in systolic blood pressure (the top number in the blood pressure measurement), the risk of death from a heart attack increases by 30 %!
For a more concise identification of your individual risk factors for heart disease, consult your primary care physician, cardiologist or cardiovascular specialist.
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