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Article: More Than 750,000 New Yorkers In Danger Of Heart Attack Or Stroke Due To Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure
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- The Culvert Chronicles
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- October 2, 2008
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More than three quarters of a million New Yorkers are at increased risk of heart attack or stroke due to dangerously high blood pressure, a new Health Department study shows. Of the nearly 1 .5 million adult New Yorkers with high^blood pressure, more than half (53%) do not have the condition under control. And because high blood pressure often progresses silently, a catastrophic event could be the first symptom many of them experience. High blood pressure is a leading of cause heart disease and stroke, which together take die lives of more than 24,000 New Yorkers every year.
The new findings, published today in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, come from die ...