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What do your Numbers Mean?īlood pressures is the pressure in your blood vessels while blood circulates throughout your body.

This build up can narrow and eventually block arteries, straining and weakening your heart. ""Atherosclerosis"" is a common condition in which plaque, made up of cholesterol, fatty substances, calcium, fibrim- a muscle clotting protein, and cellular waste builds up on the inner walls of the arteries. As we age our blood vessels narrow and harden. About 25% of Canadians have high blood pressure. This buildup can narrow and eventually block arteries, straining and weakening your heart. Over time, high blood pressure (referred to as Hypertension) can damage blood vessel walls and promote the buildup of fatty plaque. High blood pressure means that there is too much pressure in these vessels. Blood pressure is the force of blood being pushed against the walls of blood vessels in the circulatory system.