Videos of Dr Arjun Ghosh

Beware Rapid Midlife Blood Pressure Rise

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The rate of increase in systolic blood pressure during an adult's 30s, 40s, and 50s may be a stronger predictor of later structural heart damage than is their absolute blood pressure. This finding from the longest-running birth cohort study in the United Kingdom has major implications for how high blood pressure is approached, according to Dr. Arjun K. Ghosh. See the related story at http://tinyurl.com/8xr6t8c