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  2. Pulse pressure - Wikipedia

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    Pulse pressure is calculated as the difference between the systolic blood pressure and the diastolic blood pressure. [3] [4]The systemic pulse pressure is approximately proportional to stroke volume, or the amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle during systole (pump action) and inversely proportional to the compliance (similar to elasticity) of the aorta.

  3. Blood pressure - Wikipedia

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    The difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures is known as pulse pressure, [1] while the average pressure during a cardiac cycle is known as mean arterial pressure. [ 2 ] Blood pressure is one of the vital signs —together with respiratory rate , heart rate , oxygen saturation , and body temperature —that healthcare ...

  4. Blood pressure measurement - Wikipedia

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    An example of normal measured values for a resting, healthy adult human is 120 mmHg systolic and 80 mmHg diastolic (written as 120/80 mmHg, and spoken as "one-twenty over eighty"). The difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures is referred to as pulse pressure (not to be confused with pulse rate/heartrate) and has clinical ...

  5. Hypertension is a ‘silent killer.’ Here’s what your blood ...

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    Hypertension is classified into stages of severity; Stage 1 has a systolic reading of 130 to 139 or a diastolic reading of 80 to 89. A systolic measurement above 180 and/or a diastolic measurement ...

  6. Mean arterial pressure - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, the mean arterial pressure (MAP) is an average calculated blood pressure in an individual during a single cardiac cycle. [1] Although methods of estimating MAP vary, a common calculation is to take one-third of the pulse pressure (the difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures), and add that amount to the diastolic pressure.

  7. Heart failure - Wikipedia

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    Pulse pressure, which is the difference between the systolic ("top number") and diastolic ("bottom number") blood pressures, is often low/narrow (i.e. 25% or less of the level of the systolic) in people with heart failure, and this can be an early warning sign. [29]

  8. Cardiovascular examination - Wikipedia

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    A normal systolic blood pressure will be less than 120 mm Hg, and a normal diastolic blood pressure will be less than 80 mm Hg. [3] A blood pressure that is more than 15 mm Hg different between the right and left arm may indicate a problem with the patient's blood vessels. [1] A normal heart rate is between 60 and 100 beats per minute.

  9. Ventricle (heart) - Wikipedia

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    Right ventricular end-diastolic dimension: RVEDD or sometimes RVDD: The end-diastolic dimension of the right ventricle. Range 10 – 26 mm [21] End-systolic dimension: ESD: ESD is similar to the end-diastolic dimension, but is measured at the end of systole (after the ventricles have pumped out blood) rather than at the end of diastole.