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How is systolic pressure measured?

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A member asked:

High disystolic pressure than systolic pressure how n why?

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A 28-year-old male asked:

What is the definition or description of: systolic pressure?

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Does a persons systolic pressure depend on what position they are sitting in?

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A 33-year-old member asked:

Why is systolic pressure higher than diastolic?

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A 53-year-old member asked:

Which is higher: diastolic or systolic pressure?

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A 33-year-old member asked:

What's more important diastolic or systolic pressure?

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A 34-year-old member asked:

Why does systolic pressure decrease during inspiration?

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A 46-year-old member asked:

Is it normal if your systolic pressure is only 10 points higher than diastolic?

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A 21-year-old female asked:

What does it mean if a systolic pressure is normal and the diastolic is low? 126/60

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A 34-year-old member asked:

Why might it be that my systolic pressure always higher than normal but diastolic always normal?

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A 35-year-old member asked:

Can taking atenolol cause the systolic pressure to be higher?

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A 33-year-old member asked:

Is there an equation connecting systolic pressure to pulse rate?

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A 25-year-old member asked:

Why could my systolic pressure change, but not my diastolic pressure?

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A 30-year-old male asked:

How come my diastolic pressure doesn't go down but my systolic pressure does?

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A 35-year-old member asked:

What does it mean if a diastolic pressure is higher than the systolic pressure?

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A 44-year-old member asked:

If a diastolic pressure rises a lot more than the systolic pressure, what does it mean?

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A 35-year-old member asked:

Systolic pressure 190. Any circumstances under which emergency room would send patient home?

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A 43-year-old member asked:

How come my diastolic pressure is usually above 80 and appears less stable than my systolic pressure?

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A 59-year-old male asked:

Hi doctors,why would my systolic pressure 110 and diastolic 80 ,for the past 2 weeks,is this normal for a 60 year old male. Thankyou?

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A 43-year-old member asked:

What to do if a person has a left ventricular systolic pressure of 180 mmhg and an aoritic systolic pressure of 100 mmhg. What is the explanation?

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A 64-year-old male asked:

Some people are extremely afraid for some reason in having their blood pressure taken by clinicians. How high can systolic pressure go to?

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A 26-year-old female asked:

I had an echo and it showed right ventricular systolic pressure elevated 30-40mmHg. And mild to moderate triscupid regurgitation. Is this normal?

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A 24-year-old member asked:

Which systolic pressure should be used for the management of an aortic aneurysm?

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A 25-year-old male asked:

Is having a consistently lower than normal diastolic blood pressure a good or bad thing (i.e between 40-50 mmhg) if the systolic pressure is the normal range (i.e in the 90s mmhg)?

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A 45-year-old female asked:

Does Verapamil cause orthostatic hyPERtension (e.g. systolic pressure up 28mmHg ftom supine to standing)? If not, what are the common causes of new onset of orthostatic hypertension? Is it related to recent near-syncope episode during exercise?

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A 44-year-old member asked:

Blood pressure: does your systolic pressure affect diastolic pressure?

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A 22-year-old male asked:

Blood Pressure 125/65. I already do P90X and Insanity exercise programs. How do I lower my systolic pressure?

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A 61-year-old female asked:

50 year old female. Systolic pressure is normal but diastolic pressure is always low around 50-60. Pulse pressure is normal Should I worry?

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A 35-year-old member asked:

Why does a rise in the total peripheral resistance and cardiac rate increase the diastolic pressure more than it increases the systolic pressure?

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Systolic pressure

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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