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Do i need to have high blood pressure to have a heart attack?
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No: Independent variables that can happen together but not always.
Answered 9/28/2013
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No: High blood pressure is only one risk factor for heart attack. Others include smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol, age, and family history of heart disease. It is such a common problem, there are some patients that have none of these risk factors, but still have heart attacks.
Answered 5/6/2016
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