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What Causes Elevated Blood Pressure Levels?
My husband is an 85 year old white male. He is 5 9 tall and weights around 140 pounds. He walks almost very day for aound 20 minutes. He takes very few medicines, however he does take losartan (sp ?) 50mg. His blood pressure tonight reading is 117/53 with a pulse reading of 65. What is your opinion of this reading. He is to see a cardiologist this Thursday. Becky powell
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
that's a very good blood pressure. nothing to be concerned about. follow up with the cardiologist. most causes of high blood have unknown causes.
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