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

MIBHS

Increased Risk of Aneurysms : Chronic high blood pressure can weaken the walls of your arteries, leading to bulging areas known as aneurysms. If an aneurysm ruptures, it can cause life-threatening internal bleeding. This condition reduces blood flow to the heart, increasing the risk of angina (chest pain) and heart attacks.

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Young man with chest pain and an abnormal echocardiogram

Heart BMJ

The patient was referred for an exercise nuclear study and did 11 min on the Bruce protocol without angina or ischaemic ECG changes. Aortic dissection Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm Anomalous coronary artery Unroofed. There was no pertinent family history. Myocardial scintigraphic perfusion images at stress and rest were normal.

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Angina is another common symptom due the hypertrophy which causes a coronary supply demand mismatch Symptoms of HCM include syncope/near syncope, which could be precipitated by exertion, hypovolemia, rapid standing, Valsalva manoeuvre, diuretics, vasodilators or arrhythmia. Doppler echo showing LVOT gradient in HCM.

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Watch what happens when "pericarditis" and morphine cloud your judgment

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

As an exercise, lets calculate the equation for differentiating the ST elevation between benign early repolarization and LAD occlusion. The full thickness infarction with LV aneurysm morphology places him at a higher risk for short and long term complications (e.g., LAD occlusion. Great case. Only viewed on my phone."