can a heart form new capillaries?

Answer 1

Yes is can and it's called "REVASCULARIZATION" but the older we get, the less is the hearts ability to do this. I believe that after 70 yrs of age, its unlikely.

Answer 2

Capillaries are very small blood vessels.

The heart can form new blood vessels both large and small. Smaller are more common.

After my CABG January 06, I had new growth seven months later at the distal ends of my RCA and LDA, and they actually joined. I needed and received a stent in an arterial section that did not exist 7 months before.

Stress from blockages aids in revascularizing. So does long cardio exercise over many years. My collaterals (extra blood vessels not born with) are so complete, my doctors remarked that a system like mine is seldom seen, typically only in elite endurance athletes.

Thanks to my collaterals, I did not have a heart attack despite massive angina from two primary arteries 99% blocked near their origin.

Answer 3

the straightforward answer would be yes. But there are a lot of preconditions to it:
it cannot form them overnight, or even in a week.
its a slow tedious process, should be augmented by gradual aerobic exercises, nothing fancy like weight lifting and benchpresses. walking , brisk walking, jogging would help.
Good control of blood pressure or blood sugar whichever caused the problem so that you need new collateral capillaries.
Good healthy living including balanced diet, quit smoking and alcohol.
if heart could not form new capillaries many people would not survive to suffer 2nd and 3rd heart attacks.

Answer 4

i dont specialize in the heart, only infectious disesases, and nutrition, however i know your heart doesn't have capillaries. your heart cannot control the generation of blood vessels. Revascularization is the process of restoringfunction of an affected organ, usually from gangrene. The heart does not preform revascualrization. Capillary regeneration can be performed through surgery, not naturally in the body. usually we have many capillaries to help us stay alive when one fails.

Fabian, MD

Answer 5

Doubtful.
However, the heart , like many other tissues, has the capability to kick start the minor and smaller blood vessels to supply adequate blood to the region where the original capillary is blocked or injured.
This is called Collateral circulation.

The Human heart may not be able to regenerate blood vessels.... but may be so in the other animals....

Answer 6

Yes, after an myocardial of heart, collaterals arteries are formed in the areas of affected part of myocardium, or revascularisation.
This process completes within 6 to 8 weeks after myocardial infarction. This is natural defense system.

This is brief and sweet.

Answer 7

the human body is an amazing thing,regeneration of capillaries yes i would think so

Answer 8

god made us wonderfully. the body is capable of doing all kinds of neat stuff to ensure our survival. veins can form new
capillaries and arteries can form new blood vessels to feed the heart when there is not enough oxygen supply. this is called collateral circulation.amazing . so ,yes is the answer to your questions

Answer 9

When the main route is blocked, yes.