Grog, my husband is the perfect example of knowing that bp isn't the end of cv problems. If he had only started the healthy eating, exercise and bp meds/statins 10 years ago, he might not have had the 2 stents put in last June! Again, all family history. Because he is a cyclist, he is very aware of his body and knew there was something going on. It took over a year of false negative tests (Myo-View and EKG) to the point of finally when I was going up hills faster than him because of symptoms, he told the doctor that if he didn't schedule an angioplasty, he would find another doctor. Guess what? Two 80% blockages. In this case, being very conservative didn't help. If he hadn't been an advocate for himself, something worse might have happened. The general feeling was that since he was so fit, how could he have any blockages.... I guess the moral of the story is, if you have a bad family history, start exercising and eating right at a young age!