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High blood pressure, or hypertension, is now increasingly being diagnosed in Indians in their 20s and 30s. But nearly half of those affected are unaware of their condition, leading to episodes like sudden heart attacks in the young being reported frequently. Dr Prashant Mishra, senior cardiac surgeon at Thunga Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, tells Lata Mishra why hypertension is striking younger people and how it can be reversed.