Yes: While heart disease and arterial disease are strongly related, heart rate and blood pressure alone are not necessarily related. A history of angina or heart attacks is related and if present should make one be more suspicious of arterial disease in the legs or carotid arteries.
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Yes: Build up of plaque in arteries most commonly comes from smoking and diabetes. Patients can have normal BP and hr in both these settings.
Answered 2/9/2015
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