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Arterial Stiffness and Antherosclerosis #shorts #hypertension #highbloodpressure #viralshorts

25 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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A short YouTube clip by Anne Truong MD explaining how high blood pressure damages arteries, causing them to become stiff and less able to expand. The speaker links increased arterial stiffness and atherosclerosis (plaque buildup from high cholesterol and calcium deposits) in a reinforcing cycle that further raises blood pressure.

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High blood pressure can cause the blood vessel, especially the artery, to become stiff. It doesn't expand as much anymore. It just resistant to expansion or being flexible. So the increased stiffness and the development of a condition called atherosclerosis or plaque buildup, which. Imagine plaque is like dirt that gets stuck on the pipe, and it's caused mainly by increasing high cholesterol and calcium deposit. And what this does is that it restricts the flexibility of the blood vessel, again raising the blood pressure.