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How high can blood pressure rise before someone has a heart attack or dies?

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

Specializes in surgery

Different: Severe acute hypertension can cause tear of aorta and sudden death or need for emergency surgery. Can happen anytime with elevated bp but scary at 180 systolic and 120 diastolic. Can also cause left ventricular strain and hypertrophy and heart failure but usually not a heart attack acutely.

Answered 4/17/2013

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