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What is more problematic to have persistent elevations in systolic or diastolic blood pressure?
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∙ 12y ago
A high Diastolic is more dangerous than a proportionate rise in Systolic blood pressure.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoI Cabbage, What Id blood? i so dumb, maybe u can dumb with me as well
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How do you determine a person's diastolic blood pressure?
MAP=diastolic pressure+(pulse pressure/3) so... MAP - (pulse pressure/3)= diastolic pressure
What is a sentence using the word diastolic?
The systolic pressure is the upper number, while diastolic is the lower number.His diastolic pressure climbed to 120 in a blood pressure of 220/120.The woman's diastolic blood pressure fell with a large gap between the systolic and diastolic pressures.
Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions?
Diastolic Blood Pressure
Coronary perfusion pressure?
the difference between aortic diastolic and right atrial diastolic pressure; a determinant of the blood flow to cardiac muscle.
What is the systolic pressure minus diastolic pressure?
pulse pressure
Is diastolic pressure the vascular pressure created during the pulmonary resting phase?
No. Diastolic pressure is the (lowest) arterial pressure that occurs just before the heart beats.
What measurements are taken when determining a person's blood pressure?
Systolic and Diastolic pressure measurements are taken. Systolic is the higher pressure measurement, when the heart ventricles are contracted, and Diastolic is the lower pressure when the ventricles are filling. So if somebody's blood pressure is 120/80, then 120 is the systolic pressure and 80 is the diastolic pressure
If the aortic valve could not close completely would the diastolic or systolic pressure be affected?
Diastolic, because it would lower the pressure.
The constant pressure in the walls of the arteries is called?
Diastolic pressure
What is the lowest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels?
No, systolic pressure is the highest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels. Diastolic pressure is the lowest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels.
The difference between systolic and diastolic pressures?
Systolic BP should always be higher than diastolic BP.The number on the top is the systolic blood pressure and the number on the bottom is the diastolic blood pressure. The systolic BP is the pressure in the arteries right when the blood is pumped out of the heart, therefore the pressure is bigger. The diastolic BP is the pressure in the arteries after the blood has been pumped out and before the next heart contraction. At this moment, the heart is relaxed and the pressure is much lower.
What is dystolic and cystolic?
Diastolic is associated with blood pressure. It's the measurement of pressure in the artery when your heart is at rest. Dystolic is a common misspelling.
