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How High Blood Pressure Affects Your Heart and What You Can Do About It

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Artery Damage : Hypertension damages the inner lining of your arteries, making them less elastic and more prone to plaque buildup. Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) : High blood pressure accelerates the development of CAD by promoting the buildup of plaques in the coronary arteries.

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Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said "Nothing too exciting."

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Takotsubo is a sudden event, not one with crescendo angina. To prove there is no plaque rupture, you need to do intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). An angiogram is a "lumenogram;" most plaque is EXTRALUMINAL!! I need to innoculate you against the subsequent opinions below. It can only be seen by IVUS. MINOCA has many etiologies.

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