Sentences with phrase «improving systolic»

Treatment of DCM is directed at improving systolic (pump) function of the heart, dilating the peripheral blood vessels to decrease ventricular workload, eliminating pulmonary congestion if present, and controlling heart rate and cardiac arrhythmias if present.

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Recently, Oliveira et al. (2017) have postulated that prone position during sleep in pregnancy is safe, comfortable and helps improve oxygen saturation, reducing systolic blood pressure and respiratory rate.

Today, there is available medical evidence that shows how a pillow for pregnant stomach sleepers can help improve breathing, and also reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and help with respiration, as well as other health benefits.

In addition, taking flavanols decreased blood pressure (systolic by 4.4 mmHg, diastolic by 3.9 mmHg), and improved the blood cholesterol profile by decreasing total cholesterol (by 0.2 mmol / L), decreasing LDL cholesterol (by 0.17 mmol / L), and increasing HDL cholesterol (by 0.1 mmol / L).

Another 2011 study confirmed this observation; not only was lower sodium excretion associated with higher CVD mortality, but baseline sodium excretion did not predict the incidence of hypertension, and any associations between systolic pressure and sodium excretion did not translate into less morbidity or improved survival.

Bottom Line: Reducing sugar intake significantly improved diastolic blood pressure, but not systolic blood pressure.

Researchers made them take 240 ml of pomegranate juice daily for three months, resulting in improved blood flow and lower systolic blood pressure.

Systolic function is markedly impaired but is improving day to day.

Walking in a park or through a landscape seeing squirrels, birds, deer and other harmless animals lowers your systolic blood pressure (the amount of pressure blood exerts on vessels while the heart is beating), eases the effects of disorders like ADHD, and improves well - being.