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High blood pressure is the condition most commonly linked to stroke. Three out of four first-time stroke victims have high blood pressure. Controlling high blood pressure is critical to the prevention of death and disability resulting from stroke.

Fortunately, the “silent killer” may also be the most easily managed of all the risk factors for stroke.

“If you don’t know what your blood pressure is, you don’t know if it is quietly damaging your blood vessels, leading to the blockage or rupture that cause a stroke,” said Crystelle Fogle, manager of Montana’s Card...

 

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