since drugs that lower bp will reduce the risk of those complications of hypertension that are due to high pressure ( strokes due to small-vessel disease , including lacunar infarction and intracerebral hemorrhage due to rupture of microaneurysms , heart failure , and renal failure ) , it has been assumed that such drugs would also reduce the risk of myocardial infarction due to atherosclerosis .
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strokes
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intracerebral hemorrhage