Diastolic pressure

1: why can elevated blood pressure increase the risk of cardiovascular disease? I have done some reasearch and ... artery when the pressure of the blood pressure monitor decreases to determine the diastolic blood pressure? I think that the brachial artery closess but why is this if ...

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... difference between the 2 different types of methods to measure blood pressure such as palpation and auscultatory? I read in wikipedia that palpation ... use auscultatory method because it has got two readings (i.e. [systolic/diastolic]). Whereas for palpation, it has only got one reading, which ...

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Average blood pressure = 1/3 x systolic blood pressure + 2/3 x diastolic blood pressure The above equation is an estimate but diastolic b.p. is a 'more important' than systolic ...

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Hello everyone, In my Biology 11 textbook, it says that: "The diastolic blood pressure is the pressure to which blood vessels are exposed the majority of the time. The systolic ...

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When blood pressure is recorded , how do you work out the systolic pressure, dystolic pressure , pulse ... blood pressure is 92/75 mm. Cheers In your example: Systolic pressure - 92 mmHg Diastolic pressure - 75 mmHg Mean arterial blood pressure = Diasolic Pressure + 1/3 x (Difference ...

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