Systolic pressure measures one part of the heart cycle when pressure is highest and diastolic measures the other end of the cycle.
Not exact matches
Systolic blood
pressure was
measured before and after the 16 week study.
Articles were included if they fulfilled the following criteria: 1) having been breastfed in infancy was compared with bottle (artificial) feeding, 2)
systolic or diastolic blood
pressure had been
measured as an outcome, and 3) an estimate of the mean difference in blood
pressure between breast - and bottle - fed groups could be extracted from the article.
Among patients with hypertension at high risk of cardiovascular disease, a program that consisted of patients
measuring their blood
pressure and adjusting their antihypertensive medication accordingly resulted in lower
systolic blood
pressure at 12 months compared to patients who received usual care, according to a study in the August 27 issue of JAMA.
Another example is how blood
pressure is
measured with two numbers,
systolic and diastolic.
The first number (
systolic)
measures the
pressure in your blood vessels as the heart beats.
Although the prevalence of diabetes mellitus increased over time, other risk factors, such as cigarette smoking,
measured systolic blood
pressure, and total cholesterol values, decreased.
While surrogate
measures may be appropriate in some cases, as more surrogates are being used in a wider variety of conditions, fewer are subject to the kind of rigorous validation of past FDA - authorized surrogates such as cholesterol levels or
systolic blood
pressure, speakers cautioned.
Now researchers at the Jerusalem College of Technology and the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Israel have developed a method to more accurately
measure systolic blood
pressure.
Ambulatory
systolic blood
pressure —
measured by a portable machine that patients wore for 24 hours — dropped significantly for all patients at six months, with a drop of 7.9 mmHg for all patients with blood
pressure readings of 140 or higher — and the largest reductions, 9.2 mmHg, for the subset of patients with ambulatory
systolic blood
pressure of 160 or higher.
Systolic blood
pressure measures the
pressure in the arteries when the heart beats (i.e., when the heart muscle contracts), and it should be below 140 millimetres of mercury.
Renal denervation failed to achieve the primary efficacy endpoint of a decrease in
systolic blood
pressure measured in the doctor's office from baseline to six months or the powered secondary efficacy endpoint of decrease in average 24 - hour levels by ambulatory blood
pressure monitoring, which provides more reliable readings.
They focused on four outcome
measures: each patient's latest
systolic and diastolic blood
pressure levels, whether their blood
pressure was under control, and dose escalation for patients whose
pressures were not adequately controlled.
Systolic is the first number and
measures blood
pressure as the heart pumps.
The first number (
systolic pressure) is the
pressure inside arteries when the heart is contracting; the second (diastolic
pressure)
measures the
pressure when the heart is relaxed.
The top number, or
systolic blood
pressure,
measures the blood
pressure when the heart pumps.
(Note: the
systolic, or top number,
measures the blood
pressure during contractions, while the diastolic
measures the
pressure between heartbeats).
It
measures your
systolic reading when the
pressure subsides just enough for the artery to force blood through.
According to a study published in Hypertension, 50 patients with resistant hypertension (defined as high blood
pressure that doesn't respond to taking three or more types of medication designed to lower blood
pressure) who walked on a treadmill at a 3 percent grade three times a week for eight weeks were able to lower their
systolic blood
pressure (the number on the top of a blood -
pressure reading) by 6 mm Hg (a
measure of
pressure).
Systolic blood
pressure was
measured before and after the 16 week study.
Additionally, it's been shown to lower overall blood
pressure38 - and more specifically,
systolic blood
pressure39 (that's the first number when you get your blood
pressure taken - the one that
measures the
pressure when your heart pumps).
In addition to steps, the researchers
measured levels of moderate - to - vigorous physical activity and health outcomes, including weight,
systolic (top number) blood
pressure, aerobic capacity and quality of life.
The mean
systolic pressure of the 158 healthy Irish Wolfhounds
measured was 116; mean diastolic
pressure was 69.2.
It is not possible to
measure diastolic
pressure in a pet without actually placing a catheter inside an artery so we make do with just a
systolic measurement.
In addition, Blood
Pressure Monitors generally measure the systolic (when the heart contracts or pumps) and occasionally the diastolic (when the heart relaxes or refills) blood p
Pressure Monitors generally
measure the
systolic (when the heart contracts or pumps) and occasionally the diastolic (when the heart relaxes or refills) blood
pressurepressure.
With the Doppler we are able to
measure the
systolic (top number) blood
pressure.
Systolic blood
pressure was
measured via Doppler flow detector.
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measured hair cortisol,
systolic and diastolic blood
pressure.»
When your blood
pressure is
measured, the high number is called
systolic and the lower number is called diastolic.
We examined five
measures of ANS function, including three global
measures [heart rate (HR) and
systolic and diastolic blood
pressure (SBP and DBP)-RSB-, one
measure of parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) function [respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA)-RSB-, and one
measure of SNS function [preejection period (PEP)-RSB-, as well as two markers of HPA axis function [cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone - sulfate (DHEA - S)-RSB-.
Systolic blood
pressure, diastolic blood
pressure, and heart rate were
measured in both participants at baseline and throughout the conversation.