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Another types of cardiovascular disease is high blood pressure, and high blood pressure is the third leading cause of death for all types of cardiovascular disease and affects about a third of all adults in the United States, and nearly three in ten adults are pre-hypertensive, meaning their blood pressure is elevated above normal, but not to the level considered to be hypertensive or to have high blood pressure. And we call this the silent killer because usually high blood pressure comes with no symptoms whatsoever. In addition to being one type of cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure is also a risk factor for developing other heart problems such as heart attack, stroke, heart failure, kidney damage, and also blindness if it's uncontrolled.