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Please tell me how long it takes for high blood pressure to cause heart attack?
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Risk factor: High blood pressure contributes to atherosclerosis and plaque in the coronary arteries along with high cholesterol, and if left untreated it takes several years for it to cause heart attack when eventually there is instability in the plaque and prduces a clot that causes blockage to blood supply to the heart muscle causing heart attack.
Answered 11/14/2016
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Not specific: Atherosclerosis develops over time and can occur without hypertension= high blood pressure! heart attacks frequently occur without hypertension history.
Answered 4/15/2013
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