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Does hypotension cause a heart attack or stroke?
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Hypotension: If the blood pressure drops low in a coronary artery disease patient or cerebral vascular disease patient it could cause a heart attack or stroke.
Answered 4/24/2015
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Yes: Has to be real low and somewhat prolonged to be shocky enough to damage heart( which extracts oxygen very well, or brain which auto regulates blood flow very well.).
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