In this article we’re going to look at one of the most serious problems facing people with severe high blood pressure, end organ damage. It isn’t the high blood pressure itself that will ultimately kill you. It’s the damage that it does to the organs in your body that will. Chronic high blood pressure can […]
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Hypertension – The Pathophysiology
Arterioles and large blood vessels become hardened and constricted, leading to an abnormal resistance to blood flow and subsequently an elevated blood pressure. The heart responds by trying to overcome the peripheral resistance. There is therefore an increased cardiac output as the heart tries to pump more blood to the different parts of the body. […]