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2. Heart failure - Wikipedia

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   Pulse pressure, which is the difference between the systolic ("top number") and diastolic ("bottom number") blood pressures, is often low/narrow (i.e. 25% or less of the level of the systolic) in people with heart failure, and this can be an early warning sign. [29]

3. Pulse pressure - Wikipedia

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   Pulse pressure is calculated as the difference between the systolic blood pressure and the diastolic blood pressure. [3] [4]The systemic pulse pressure is approximately proportional to stroke volume, or the amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle during systole (pump action) and inversely proportional to the compliance (similar to elasticity) of the aorta.

4. Hypertension is a ‘silent killer.’ Here’s what your blood ...

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   Half of U.S. adults have hypertension, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), but only two-thirds of them know it. “It’s the No. 1 most common cardiovascular risk ...

5. Blood pressure - Wikipedia

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   The difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures is known as pulse pressure, [1] while the average pressure during a cardiac cycle is known as mean arterial pressure. [ 2 ] Blood pressure is one of the vital signs —together with respiratory rate , heart rate , oxygen saturation , and body temperature —that healthcare ...

6. During blood pressure check, there's a right way and wrong ...

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   To learn whether arm position made a difference in blood pressure readings, Brady and her colleagues recruited 133 adults, 78% of them Black and 52% female. The study volunteers’ ages ranged ...

7. Hypertensive heart disease - Wikipedia

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   The definition includes heart failure and other cardiac complications of hypertension when a causal relationship between the heart disease and hypertension is stated or implied on the death certificate. In 2013 hypertensive heart disease resulted in 1.07 million deaths as compared with 630,000 deaths in 1990.