Variable: Depending on the severity and amount of damage, the pressure could be very high due to pain and anxiety, or low because of the shock caused by a poorly contracting heart. Bottom line is never wait with symptoms. Get to an emergency room where life saving care can be initiated.
Answered 2/27/2013
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Heart attack: Blood pressure is basically the forward output of blood from the heart into the arteries. During a heart attack BP varies. Sometimes its normal, at times if the heart muscle has suffered a large heart attack and weakens the BP can be low requiring assistance.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Highly variable : Pts can be hypertensive in the midst of a heart attack and very low/hypotensive when in cardiogenic shock.
Answered 3/17/2014
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