 [ Symptoms ] what are pregnacy chances after a tubaligation  i had my tubes tied after i had my son 4 yrs ago i am 27 yrs old and i believe i am showing signs of early pregnancy [ Disease ] high blood pressure is like high cholesterol and smoking    they are modifiable risk factors meaning that controlling them will help in limiting your risk of developing coronary artery disease cad if high blood pressure is controlled well with medication diet and exercise that decreases the risk of cad what is very important however is how long a person has undiagnosed high blood pressure before it is treated the more years a person goes with undetected high blood pressure the greater the risk that coronary and other vascular disease may have developed this can be easily assessed by a cardiologist using non invasive diagnostic tests