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Question:
Can too high blood pressure damage coronary bypass grafts?
Can high blood pressure, say like 180/100 just weeks after heart bypass surgery and constant despite medication damage the bypass grafts? Or a valve repair?
submitted by Pamela from Hermitage, Missouri on 8/06/2014
Answer:
by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, Neil E. Strickman, MD
No, not at that level, however, maximal medical treatment should be achieved to prevent other things such as stroke or kidney failure.
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