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MORE Brits could slash their risk of heart attack and stroke by taking pills that lower blood pressure, a major review suggests.University of Oxford researchers found blood pressure drugs can benefit people whose blood pressure is within the 'normal' rangeThey analysed data on 348,854 patients from 48 trials, including those with and without a history of heart disease.
The risk of ischaemic heart disease was lowered by 7 per cent, heart failure by 14 per cent and dying from cardiovascular disease by 5 per cent. Systolic blood pressure is the first number in a reading and indicates the pressure against the artery walls when the heart beats.The issue had been contested, with inconclusive evidence, but this is now the largest review of its type.
“This holds true regardless of the starting blood pressure level, in people who previously had a heart attack or stroke, and in people who have never had heart disease.
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