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Did you know?
Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.
Did you know?
This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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Stroke kills people from all ethnic backgrounds, but the people at highest risk for fatal strokes are: black men, black women, Asian men, white men, and white women.
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Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.