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Can You Travel To Altitude After Stent Surgery?

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Can You Travel To Altitude After Stent Surgery? For this reason, experts recommend that patients with severe heart conditions —like those with severe heart failure or uncontrolled very high blood pressure—or patients recovering from heart attack or a stent procedure should avoid traveling to high altitudes. What is considered high altitude for heart patients? These

Can Travelling From Low Country To Mountains Affect Blood Pressure?

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Can Travelling From Low Country To Mountains Affect Blood Pressure? 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) — In a new study done from the heights of Mount Everest, Italian researchers found that your blood pressure steadily increases if you ascend to great heights. They also found that a drug widely used to treat high blood pressure was