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Does Stress Cause Heart Disease?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

If you take someone who has multiple risk factors for heart disease, including diabetes, smoking, abnormal cholesterol and high blood pressure, they have a 42 times higher risk of a heart attack compared to someone who does not have any of these factors. 24% increased risk of coronary artery disease.

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Head Up Tilt Test (HUTT)

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Sometimes, head up tilt test, also known in short as HUTT, is also done for the evaluation of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, a condition in which there is tachycardia on standing up, without a fall in blood pressure. And the basic principle is to observe the heart rate and blood pressure during the procedure.