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

MIBHS

This condition, called atherosclerosis, narrows the arteries, restricting blood flow and increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Common medications include diuretics, ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, and calcium channel blockers.

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What does the angiogram show? The Echo? The CT coronary angiogram? How do you explain this?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

associated typical Myocardial Infarction therapies such as statins and ACE inhibitors with significantly decreased 1 year mortality in MINOCA patients, which suggests that they do indeed have a similar pathophysiology to MI patients with obstructive coronary disease. Lindahl et al.

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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

associated typical Myocardial Infarction therapies such as statins and ACE inhibitors with significantly decreased 1 year mortality in MINOCA patients, which suggests that they do indeed have a similar pathophysiology to MI patients with obstructive coronary disease. Lindahl et al.

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"Exercise in a Pill": The Next Biohack or a Far-off Fantasy?

Physiologically Speaking

ACE inhibitors block the angiotensin-converting enzyme to reduce blood pressure. Chronically, this protects us against atherosclerosis and other age-related changes in the structure and function of the blood vessels. For one, drugs target single pathways or risk factors. Statins lower cholesterol.