Health Information

Hypertension or high blood pressure is a condition of the body in the bloodstream that smaller narrow or reduce their capacity, or where general arteries lose their elasticity, a condition which forces the heart to pump harder so that the quantities of blood required by the organs throughout the body can be supplied in an appropriate and sufficient.

Normal blood pressure levels

Normal blood pressure levels are below 140 for the systolic (contraction of the heart) and below 85 for the diastolic (when the heart relaxes between beats, loss of pressure in the circulatory tract.) (more…)

Hypertension, Arteriosclerosis and Diseases of The Coronary Arteries

In people with hypertension, the blood circulates through the veins of the body with abnormally high pressure. This can damage the veins, tissues and organs through which blood passes. Atherosclerosis is characterized by intimal thickening and lipid deposition and is a morphological variant that falls under the broad term of arteriosclerosis. Atherosclerosis causes fatty deposits that thicken the walls of arteries and as a result, they shrink and become less flexible in blood flow. The coronary artery disease worsen atherosclerosis in the veins that bring oxygen and nutrients required by the heart. Atherosclerosis is a disease of elastic arteries (eg aorta, carotid and iliac) and large and medium muscular arteries (eg coronary and popliteal arteries). The formation of atheroma, or fibrofatty plaque contributes to narrowing of the lumen and reduced blood flow in distal tissues.

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