Sentences with phrase «systolic pressure»

There was a strong correlation between systolic pressure of the femoral artery with determining parameters of cardiac systolic function in healthy animals.

By reducing systolic pressure by 15 mm Hg in women with hypertension, there would be an increase in quality of life by way of cardiovascular disease prevention in approximately 40 % in women in comparison to 20 % in men.

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.

If you have had normal blood pressure before your pregnancy but had developed high blood pressure after 20 weeks of pregnancy (systolic pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg and diastolic pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg)

After four weeks, the investigators found that the group with 150 or greater baseline systolic blood pressure on just the DASH diet had an average of 11 mm Hg reduction in systolic blood pressure compared to a 4 mm Hg reduction in those solely on the DASH diet, but whose baseline systolic pressures were less than 130.

Blood pressure is measured in two numbers — the first, called systolic pressure, measures the force the heart pumps blood around the body.

The study involved 1137 patients with significant pulmonary hypertension (pulmonary artery systolic pressure > 60 mmHg), including 361 with a normal BMI (group A), 639 with obesity (Group B), and 137 with morbid obesity (Group C).

Still, the kids» blood pressure changes were not huge: The overweight children who ate the most sodium — an average of about 4.6 grams per day — had an average systolic blood pressure (the top number in the blood pressure ratio) of 112.8 millimeters of mercury (mmHg), whereas those who consumed the least — an average of 2.3 grams of sodium — had an average systolic pressure of 109 mmHg.

Among all participants, systolic pressure dropped 7.5 mmHg and diastolic dropped 3.3 mmHg during the study period.

Risk: Hypertension (blood pressure higher than 140 over 90) or prehypertension (blood pressure higher than 130 over 80, especially systolic pressure — the first number); it increases risk by 25 percent.

Low blood pressure is considered below 90/60 mm Hg, but many individuals have signs and symptoms when systolic pressure falls under 100.

The mean systolic pressure of the 158 healthy Irish Wolfhounds measured was 116; mean diastolic pressure was 69.2.

«In general,» says Richard Goldstein, DVM, an associate professor of small animal medicine at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, «we like to see a cat's systolic pressure below 160» Although cats are likely to be excited and «never really normal» when they are having their blood pressure measured in a veterinary clinic, Dr. Goldstein notes, «anything above that can be worrisome.»

Systolic pressure measures one part of the heart cycle when pressure is highest and diastolic measures the other end of the cycle.

But hyperthyroid cats often have systolic pressure above 190 mm Hg even when they are relaxed at home.

In general a normal reading for a dog is systolic pressure of 160 - 180 mmHG and diastolic pressure around 100 mmHg.

The top number is systolic pressure, expressed in millimetres of mercury (mmHg).

High blood pressure or hypertension in pregnancy is diagnosed if the systolic pressure is ≥ 140 mm Hg and the diastolic blood pressure is ≥ 90 mm Hg on two separate blood pressure measurements taken 4 hours apart.

You are considered to have milder form of chronic hypertension if your systolic pressure is up to 179 mm Hg and your diastolic pressure is 109 mm Hg.

However, if your systolic pressure is ≥ 180 mm Hg and diastolic pressure is ≥ 110 mm Hg you are suffering from a severe form of chronic hypertension.

Systolic pressure is the top number in a standard blood pressure reading (e.g., 120/80).

(Systolic pressure is the top number in a blood pressure reading.)

Prehypertension is a systolic pressure (the top number) between 120 - 139 mm Hg or a diastolic pressure (the bottom number) between 80 - 89 mm Hg, or both.

«The DASH Diet can lower the top number — systolic pressure — anywhere from 8 to 14 points,» says cardiologist Nieca Goldberg, MD, medical director of the Women's Heart Program at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City.

High blood pressure is defined as a systolic pressure of 130 or above, or a diastolic pressure of 80 or above.

The systolic pressure, which is the first number shown, the 120 in the chart below, is the pressure reading as the heart pumps blood out from the ventricle into the veins.

The systolic pressure is the reading when the heart pumps blood out of the ventricle into the veins.

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.

Dropping from the normal level of sodium consumption to the Dietary Guidelines» recommended level reduced the systolic pressure in the American diet (blue line) by an average of 2.1 mm Hg.

This loss of flexibility will raise the blood pressure, in particular the systolic pressure.

Not only do they keep the hunger pangs at bay, they can help reduce your BMI and systolic pressure.

When researchers analyzed the data, they noticed the bacteria takers had a 3.6 millimeter reduction in systolic pressure and a 2.4 millimeter reduction in diastolic pressure.

If you veterinarian sees that your dog has systolic pressure that is greater than 180 mm Hg then they will probably conclude that your dog has hypertension or high blood pressure.

Using ultrasound, the sound of the systolic pressure is converted into an audible signal.

That is, two values are taken into account, the higher one being the blood pressure in the arteries that is recorded when the heart beats (systolic pressure), the lower value when the heart rests between beats (diastolic pressure).

The blood pressure monitors veterinarians use in the clinic for dogs and cats usually measure only the top number, or systolic pressure.

There were signi?cant correlations between body condition score and systolic pressure (r 0.227, P = 0.012), diastolic pressure (r 0.494, P < 0.001), and mean arterial pressure (r 0.461, P < 0.001)(Figure 5)(Montoya et al. 2006).