People with 'normal' blood pressure may still be at risk of 'silent killer' View Image

People across Britain with "normal" blood pressure readings have been cautioned that they may still face danger from a "silent killer" condition. New research has revealed that people in their thirties and forties with "normal but high" blood pressure measurements could be "quietly damaging the heart".

This damage might be occurring "long before symptoms appear", whilst raising the likelihood of suffering a heart attack or stroke. In an update from the British Heart Foundation (BHF), the charity explained more.

The charity revealed findings from a BHF-funded study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging . During this research involving more than 450 participants, scientists from Univers

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