Membership: The old 15-member Veterans Committee has been replaced by a group comprised of the living members of the Baseball Hall of Fame (60), the living recipients of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award (12), the living recipients of the Ford C. Frick Award (13) and the current Veterans Committee members whose terms have not yet expired (3).
High blood pressure can cause the left ventricle to enlarge, causing the heart muscle eventually to weaken. High blood pressure may also enlarge the upper chambers of your heart (atria). 1  Heart valve disease.
In fact, facet hypertrophy can cause the joints to become enlarged to the point that they exert pressure on the spinal nerves. To educate yourself further on the issues related to the breakdown of these joints, visit our degenerative facet joints page.