Membership: The old 15-member Veterans Committee has been replaced by a group comprised of the living members of the Baseball Hall of Fame (60), the living recipients of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award (12), the living recipients of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.
Any disruption of the protein may lead to atherosclerosis by causing growth of smooth muscle cells beneath the arterial wall, Keating notes. Such disruptions could be caused by the stress of high blood pressure or the buildup of cholesterol-rich plaques, which cause inflammation within blood vessels.