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How severe would your blood pressure need to be in order to get a heart attack?
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Heart attack: Heart attack can happen with low, normal or high blood pressure.
Answered 6/3/2013
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It can happen: Blood pressure is an element and the very high can tear the aorta or the coronaries, but blockage by plaque and clot occurs with or without BP elevation.
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