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systolic blood pressure Medical Definition of systolic blood pressure. : the highest arterial blood pressure of a cardiac cycle occurring immediately after systole of the left ventricle of the heart—called also systolic pressure; compare diastolic blood pressure.
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Expert Q&A The diastolic is the second or lower number. It is the pressure in the arteries when the heart relaxes and fills with blood. A diastolic of less than 90 is considered normal. If you are using an automatic blood pressure cuff, it may be reading the diastolic lower than it actually is.
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Medical Definition of Systolic It is specifically the maximum arterial pressure during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart. The time at which ventricular contraction occurs is called systole. In a blood pressure reading, the systolic pressure is typically the first number recorded. For example, with a blood pressure of 120/80 (120 over 80), the systolic pressure is 120. By 120 is meant 120 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury).
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Top 30 Doctor insights on: What Causes Diastolic Blood Pressure To Rise Diastolic pressure is essentially the pressure in the blood vessels in between beats when the heart is filling for the next beat, or the resting pressure. On a blood pressure meter it is the bottom number, with normal for most patients being less than 85mmhg. ...Read more.
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What is âPulse Pressureâ and Why is it Important? The diastolic pressure is the lowest arterial blood pressure of a cardiac cycle occurring during the expansion or dilation of the cavities of the heart during which they fill with blood. • Researchers collected data on nearly 8000 older patients with high blood pressure in three separate trials.
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- Dear Sonya, Diastolic dysfunction is an abnormality in the relaxation phase of the heart beat during which the heart is filling with blood in preparation for the next ejection. Based on findings measured by the echocardiogram, there are 3 grades: Grade 1 (mild), Grade 2 (moderate) , and Grade 3 (severe).
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What is low systolic and high diastolic blood pressure mean? The higher number in your blood pressure reading is your systolic blood pressure. That number represents the amount of pressure in your arteries when your heart is beating. The lower number is your diastolic blood pressure. That's the amount of pressure in your arteries when your heart is at rest, meaning between heartbeats.
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- Systolic heart murmur. Systolic heart murmurs are heart murmurs heard during systole. They can be classified by when the murmur begins and ends, between S1 and S2. Many involve stenosis of the semilunar valves or regurgitation of the atrioventricular valves.
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end-systolic volume end-sys·tol·ic vol·ume. the capacity or the amount of blood in the ventricle at the end of the ventricular ejection period and immediately preceding the beginning of ventricular relaxation; a measurement of the adequacy of cardiac emptying, related to systolic function.
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Medical Definition of Systolic The time at which ventricular contraction occurs is called systole. In a blood pressure reading, the systolic pressure is typically the first number recorded. For example, with a blood pressure of 120/80 (120 over 80), the systolic pressure is 120. By 120 is meant 120 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury).
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- 1. diastole-the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood. heartbeat, beat, pulse, pulsation-the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; he could feel the beat of her heart.Translations. [daɪˈaestəlɪ] Daɪˈæstəlɪ → n diastole. diástole f. diastole-the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood. heartbeat, beat, pulse, pulsation-the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; he could feel the beat of her heart.
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Diastole Diastole, in the cardiac cycle, period of relaxation of the heart muscle, accompanied by the filling of the chambers with blood. Diastole is followed in the cardiac cycle by a period of contraction, or systole, of the heart muscle. Initially both atria and ventricles are in diastole, and there is a period of rapid filling of the ventricles followed by a brief atrial systole. At the same time, there is a corresponding decrease in arterial blood pressure to its minimum (diastolic blood pressure), normally about 80 mm of mercury in humans.
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How to Lower Diastolic Blood Pressure Naturally Blood pressure has two components, systolic and diastolic pressure. Systolic pressure is the first number of a blood pressure measurement and reflects the pressure inside arteries when the heart pumps. Diastolic pressure, the second number, is the pressure when the heart relaxes between beats. High diastolic blood pressure -- also known as isolated diastolic hypertension or IDH -- is distinct from isolated systolic hypertension or elevation of both the systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
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- Systole is the contraction phase of the cardiac cycle (contrast with diastole) that results in the ejection of blood into an adjacent chamber or vessel. Electrical systole can be recorded on an electrocardiogram (ECG) and precedes mechanical systole (the actual contraction). Early Systole.
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Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure 1 Systolic blood pressure is a measure of blood pressure while the heart is beating. 2  Diastolic pressure is a measure of blood pressure while the heart is relaxed, between heartbeats.
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- A number of British cookbooks of the eighteenth century contain ice cream formulas. One such work is Mrs. Hannah Glasse's The Art of Cookery Made Easy (1747)--considered by scholars to be the first major cookbook written by a woman in what was until then an almost exclusively male domain.
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Top 20 Doctor insights on: Can High Blood Pressure Cause Heart Murmur High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) (Definition) A blood pressure reading has two numbers: a systolic blood pressure (top number) and a diastolic blood pressure (bottom number). The systolic blood pressure is the pressure the blood exerts on the artery when the heart is at maximum contraction.
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Systolic Blood Pressure The number on top is the systolic blood pressure. It measures the pressure inside your blood vessels at the moment your heart beats. The number on the bottom is your diastolic pressure, which measures the pressure in your blood vessels between heartbeats, when your heart is resting. Blood Pressure Information.
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Medical Definition of Systolic Systolic: The blood pressure when the heart is contracting. It is specifically the maximum arterial pressure during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart. The time at which ventricular contraction occurs is called systole. In a blood pressure reading, the systolic pressure is typically the first number recorded. For example, with a blood pressure of 120/80 (120 over 80), the systolic pressure is 120. By 120 is meant 120 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury).
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Difference Between Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure 1 Systolic pressure denotes the maximum pressure along the blood vessels when the heart is contracting, whereas diastolic pressure indicates the minimum pressure along the blood vessels when the heart is relaxed. 2  There are four chambers of the heart: right and left atrium and right and left ventricles.
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When Is Low Blood Pressure Too Low? A blood pressure reading contains two numbers: systolic pressure and diastolic pressure. Systolic pressure is the top or first number in your blood pressure reading, indicating the pressure within your arteries when your heart pumps out blood. Diastolic pressure is the bottom number and shows the pressure in your arteries while your heart is filling with blood.
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systole the contraction, or period of contraction, of the heart, especially of the ventricles, during which blood is forced into the aorta and pulmonary artery. atrial systole. contraction of the atria by which blood is forced into the ventricles; it precedes the true or ventricular systole. extra systole. see extrasystole. ventricular systole. contraction of the ventricles, forcing blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery.
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Blood Pressure Chart by Age The heart pumps the blood in a rhythmic manner with a particular pressure and this is known as blood pressure.The systolic pressure is when the heart's ventricles contract and push the blood through the veins; diastolic pressure measures the pressure in your blood vessels between heartbeats, when your heart is resting.
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Blood Pressure Definition Covering systolic and diastolic blood pressure definition as well as high, low, arterial, normal and orthostatic blood pressure definitions. Definition of Blood Pressure. Blood pressure refers to the pressure that is exerted by blood on the walls of the blood vessels as it flows. The heart beats about 60-70 times a minute and in each of these times pumps blood into the arteries. Per each beat the heart pumps 70ml of blood.
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- Medical Definition of diastole. 1: the passive rhythmical expansion or dilation of the cavities of the heart during which they fill with blood—compare systole.
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- Medical Definition of Diastolic. Diastolic: Referring to the time when the heart is in a period of relaxation and dilatation (expansion). The noun for diastolic is diastole. The diastolic pressure is specifically the minimum arterial pressure during relaxation and dilatation of the ventricles of the heart when the ventricles fill with blood.