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What is blood pressure a measure of?
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See below: It is the pressure within your arteries when the heart contracts (systolic) and when it relaxes (diastolic).
Answered 3/23/2014
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Blood pressure: Blood pressure is produced by the interrelationships of the vascular resistance, the blood volume and the mechanical force of contraction of the heart pumping blood into the vascular tree. Changes in any of these parameters can change the blood pressure, so BP measures multiple components.
Answered 6/10/2014
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