A Michigan Medicine study found that high systolic blood pressure (the top number on the blood pressure reading and how hard the heart pumps blood to the arteries) increases the risk of the two most common types of strokes over time.
The condition's symptoms mimic those of a heart attack, including chest pain and shortness of breath, but it is not caused by blocked coronary arteries.
The lungs' blood arteries differ from those of the rest of the body. This distinction is obvious in pulmonary hypertension, in which only the lungs' blood arteries harden gradually, resulting in chronic lung disease, heart failure, and death.
According to Dr Nikhil Jhunjhunwala, Department of Plastic Surgery, Sir Gangaram Hospital, "Reuniting the broken bones, tendons, nerves, arteries, and veins that had been cut during the accident was a complex surgery."
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 14: His symptoms and investigations revealed a serious condition known as Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) - a condition characterised by elevated blood pressure in the lung arteries associated with blood clots originating from deep ve
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine found a biological mechanism by which high-protein diets raise the risk of atherosclerosis. The results were published in Nature Metabolism.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has successfully navigated a major crisis that saw the state's critical transportation arteries blocked by supporters of the TISF, a student wing of the opposition TIPRA MOTHA party.
In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the molecule RvT4 strengthens the body's defences against atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, according to research from Queen Mary University of London
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 2: In a ground-breaking event in the private healthcare sector of Uttar Pradesh, a young couple experienced the revelation of a congenital anomaly in their prematurely born two-kilogram baby. Diagnosed with Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA),
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 24: Stroke is a disease that affects the arteries leading to and within the brain. It is increasingly becoming a significant cause of premature death and disability in countries like India. This rise is primarily driven by demographic changes and exacerbat
According to a study from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, artery calcification is nearly twice as common in night owls as it is in early birds. Circadian function appears to be crucial in the early stages of cardiovascular disease.
Faridabad (Haryana) [India], December 21: A 75 year old man was admitted in SSB heart hospital with heart failure due to severe leakage of Mitral valve (valve between left ventricle and left atrium). Most of his blood from left ventricle instead of going into circulation was leaking back int