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Does altitude increase blood pressure?

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Probably not: It's unlikely that altitude causes any significant or long lasting change in bp. See this article: http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmed/10453102.

Dr Mirza agreed

Answered 3/31/2018

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