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systolic

(Science: physiology) Indicating the maximum arterial pressure during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.


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it should be 30 minutes ideally systolic and diastolic Can you give me some kind of reference please? Or how did you compute that number? Thanks a lot :D

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by sosippus
Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:51 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Time a cell takes to circulate in the body?
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Time a cell takes to circulate in the body?

it should be 30 minutes ideally systolic and diastolic

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by david23
Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:40 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Time a cell takes to circulate in the body?
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Re: Blood Pressure

... that accurate. About why does it tend to be higher, I'm not too sure but we usually use auscultatory method because it has got two readings (i.e. [systolic/diastolic]). Whereas for palpation, it has only got one reading, which is pretty limited to certain diagnosis. Did this helped out partially?

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by calvin.ng.wh
Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:23 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Blood Pressure
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Diastolic & Systolic Blood Pressure

during relaxation of heart it is diastolic and during contraction it is systolic

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by sonawanes61
Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:15 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Diastolic & Systolic Blood Pressure
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Re: Diastolic & Systolic Blood Pressure

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 for average b.p. However, in clinical medicine how the heart ...

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by Revenged
Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:27 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Diastolic & Systolic Blood Pressure
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