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Is high blood pressure also leads to heart blockage please give me a correct and true answer.
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As per research persistent Uncontrolled High Blood pressure is one of the factors that predisposes people to developing heart blockages or heart attacks, because the turbulent flow of blood due to High BP through the blood vessels of heart leads to damage of inner lining of heart vessels, which leads to plaque formation or plaque rupture.
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