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Regarding Optimum Blood Pressure
Hello, my father has had angioplasty treatment in February 2019. He has diabetes, sugar and high blood pressure for which he's currently taking medicines.
Age: 61
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 74 kgs
I want to know what would be the optimum blood pressure (Sys and Dia) to be maintained by taking medicines for him? Thank you.
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Hi. The target blood pressure in patients of hypertension is 140/90 mmHg. 140(systolic) and 90(diastolic). There will be some fluctuations in the BP measurements throughout the day. So don't panic if a single or few readings come out to be more than that. You have to see the general trend of blood pressure.
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Hi. With his age (61 years), good height and weight (what I mean is he is not frail), risk factors of diabetes, HTN and coronary artey disease his target blood pressure would be below 130/80mmHg.
If the blood pressure is higher then medication needs to be titrated.
After every dose modification he should attain the target BP within one month.
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