with increasing longevity of nigerians and other africans , the mortality and morbidity caused by cerebrovascular disease would probably become of enormous dimensions and adequate control of high blood pressure on a community basis may be the only way of preventing this : this would be desirable as myocardial infarction in contradistinction to hypertensive heart disease is an uncommon complication of high blood pressure in the africans and prevention of hypertensive heart disease as shown by experience elsewhere can be achieved by control of high blood pressure , which does not seem to prevent ischaemic myocardial disease .
C0027051
myocardial infarction
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heart