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dude is out of shape & needs to do cardio and tighten up his diet and some of you are giving him 6 months to live.
I'd give a trial adjuvant use of a CCB
All of the bolded have a propensity to increase Ca2+ (calcium ion influx, [movement into the cell] with decreased efflux [movement out of the cell]) which can increase vasoconstriction- hypertension. Unfortunately, and ARB isn't well suited in this situation.
It may be worthwhile to discuss with your treating clinician about the adjuvant use of a CCB (calcium channel blocker).
Since you had a good echo cardiogram, if you do a stress test ekg/VO2 max that is normal then you can be very assured that your heart is healthy. The only other thing they could do would be a nuclear test, like a MUGA scan, or an actual angiogram. I dont think either of those would be warranted unless the cardiologist recommends them for some reason. It really sounds like you just need to do some cardio, but if you can do the stress test it would help you feel more at ease I think.I will take ur guys advice and get a stress test.
Am very curious if going plant base would lower blood pressure due to having a diet higher in potassium , magnesium , and foods that produce nitric oxide levels . Also am seriously thinking that caffeine has a effect on mine as I have the slow metabolism gene .