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What Should Your Blood Pressure Be?

What Should Your Blood Pressure Be?

Getting blood pressure to target is key to reducing future cardiovascular risk.

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Nov 30, 2024
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“What should my blood pressure be?”

This is one of the most common questions I get as a cardiologist.

The answer is pretty simple, but most people get this wrong, and doing so increases their future risk of heart attack and strokes.

The problem is that high blood pressure is not some obscure risk that only impacts a small percentage of the population.

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