Thursday, May 31, 2012

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extremely high systolic reading

A family friend recently died from a heart attack.  He hadn't seen a doctor in years, but had seen a physician for flu symptoms about 10 days before he died.  They took his blood pressure and told him the systolic was 280.  He did not remember the diastolic.  In restrospect, should a pressure that high have raised red flags... Read moreChevron