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A sphygmomanometer (/ ˌ s f ɪ ɡ m oʊ m ə ˈ n ɒ m ɪ t ə r / SFIG-moh-mə-NO-mi-tər), also known as a blood pressure monitor, or blood pressure gauge, is a device used to measure blood pressure, composed of an inflatable cuff to collapse and then release the artery under the cuff in a controlled manner, [1] and a mercury or aneroid manometer to measure the pressure.
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High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is a vicious and smart adversary.It’s vicious because it greatly increases the odds of heart disease and stroke, some of the leading causes of ...
“However, we know that even small chronic increases in blood pressure increase one’s risk for stroke, heart attack, heart failure, and kidney disease.” Keeping tabs on your blood pressure ...
Hypertension or high blood pressure affects at least 26.4% of the world's population. [15] Hypertensive heart disease is only one of several diseases attributable to high blood pressure. Other diseases caused by high blood pressure include ischemic heart disease, cancer, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, aneurysms and kidney disease.
Everyone's baseline is different, but generally, healthy systolic blood pressure is 119 or below, and healthy diastolic blood pressure is 79 or below—so if your blood pressure is "120 over 80 ...
Pseudohypertension, also known as pseudohypertension in the elderly, noncompressibility artery syndrome, and Osler's sign (or Osler sign) of pseudohypertension is a falsely elevated blood pressure reading obtained through sphygmomanometry due to calcification of blood vessels which cannot be compressed. [1]
Normal Blood Pressure. less than 120. less than 80. Elevated blood pressure. 120 to 129. less than 80. Hypertension stage 1. 130 to 139. 80 to 89. Hypertension stage 2. 140 or higher. 90 or higher ...