Capillaries allow exchange of substances with body tissues through their thin walls. As blood travels at high pressure in the arteries towards the capillaries, pressure filtration occurs which results ...

The cardiovascular system consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood. Its primary function is to transport nutrients and oxygen-rich blood to all parts of the body and to carry deoxygenated blood ...

Hispanic/Latina women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) -- conditions marked by high blood pressure during pregnancy -- are more likely to have abnormalities in their heart ...

One-hundred five women were examined with echocardiography and ambulatory blood pressure measurements 40 years post partum to evaluate the effect of former hypertensive pregnancies versus current ...

Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between the BP achieved, the cardiac structure and function and the incidence of new-onset AF in elderly patients with HTN. In the ...

The left and right ventricles each pump the same volume of blood through the aorta and pulmonary artery. The volume of blood pumped through each ventricle per minute can be calculated as cardiac ...