A new study conducted by using computer model of a "virtual human" revealed that stiff arteries could be the reason behind high blood pressure.
High blood pressure makes individuals more prone to heart failure, stroke and kidney disease, as it is a major source of morbidity and mortality, because it makes individuals more prone to heart failure, stroke and kidney disease.
Klas Pettersen, a researcher at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences said that the new results found, are quiet opposite to the existing models that explain high blood pressure in terms of defective kidney function.
He further explained that if their hypothesis is proven right then arterial stiffness and baroreceptor signaling will become hotspot targets for the treatment of high blood pressure and the development of new medicines and medical devices.
With the use of existing experimental data of the aging human aorta, the researchers were also able to find how the stiffening of the aorta with age causes the baroreceptors to misinform the central nervous system about blood pressure.