APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Stress and Heart Disease: What’s the Link? Stress can increase inflammation in your body, which in turn is linked to factors that can harm your heart, such as high blood pressure and lower “good” HDL cholesterol, Blaha says.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stress can cause hypertension through repeated blood pressure elevations as well as by stimulation of the nervous system to produce large amounts of vasoconstricting hormones that increase blood pressure.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chronic stress increases your chance of having a stress-related heart attack or heart failure. This is because stress increases your risk factors for heart disease – based on your body’s flight or fight response and the unhealthy behaviors used to cope with stress.