Your heart pumps blood through a network of arteries, veins, and capillaries. The moving blood pushes against the arterial walls, and this force is measured as blood pressure. High blood pressure results from the tightening of very small arteries called arterioles. Arterioles regulate the blood flow through your body. As these arterioles tighten (or constrict), your heart […]
You likely think of COVID-19 as a “respiratory disease,” but the coronavirus has been shown to infect the heart, as well as the lungs.