( MENAFN - AsiaNet News) High blood pressure or hypertension has health implications for almost all organs and organ systems of the body, including the heart. Many studies have established hypertension as a high-risk factor for several heart health issues, including heart attack. At the outset, chronic hypertension or uncontrolled hypertension forces your heart to work harder than normal, which may lead to congestive heart failure and heart attack.
Discussed here are some ways in which high blood pressure affects the heart health, eventually leading to heart attacks: Coronary artery disease – In hypertensive conditions, blood flows at a higher force within the blood vessels, exerting continuous pressure on the vessel walls. This may lead to weakening and degeneration of the vessel walls, triggering inflammatory changes within the vessel walls, loss of elasticity, and narrowing of the vessel walls, collectively leading to plaque build-up in the arteries or atherosclerosis. These atherosclerotic plaques can either restrict blood flow or break off and cause blockages, leading to heart attacks.
Aneurysm - Aneurysm is a condition where a bulge forms due to the inflammatory changes in the vessel walls. Aneurysms can form in any artery, the most common being the aortic aneurysm – an aneurysm in the aorta (Aorta – the main artery from the heart and the largest artery of the body). The aneurysm can split or burst open, cause life-threatening bleeding, or block the blood flow fro.
