I am 66 years old and have alot of stress in my life just had a complete heart exam and all came back normal a little heart murmur which i have had all my life and they did a ekg and ultrsound and all the tests that they normally do, and nothing was found also said that my some thing was over 60 which for my age they said that was good so do you think because of the stress that is why my blood pressure is sort of high and i do have white coat syndrone
Hello. Thank you for your question and welcome to Chat Doctor. I carefully read your query. The "something" that was told to you, is probably the ejection fraction of the left ventricle of the heart. It is a component that describes heart function and, if it is 0.6 or 60%, then it means that this heart fills, pumps and contracts properly (normal ranges being 0.55-0.7, or 55-70%). Stress itself produces rapid heart rate and high blood pressure, almost always. This is attributed to high levels of a Chat Doctor. 