systolic

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High blood pressure is defined as a systolic (when the heart contracts) pressure of at least 140 millimeters of mercury or a diastolic (when the heart relaxes in between heartbeats) pressure of at least 90 millimeters of mercury recorded on at least two separate office visits.

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  1. Pertaining to or marked by systole; contracting. It has been said that the aortic orifice of the heart may be the seat of two murmurs, in consequence of disease of its valve—one systolic, from the blood in its direct course, the other diastolic, from the blood during regurgitation. P. M. Latham, Diseases of the Heart.
  2. Systolic cerebral murmur a blowing sound heard over the fontanelle in infants: it was once thought to be a sign of rachitis.

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  • And it's not clear it was even the language or image of human activity, but just some systolic-diastolic disclosure unattended by problems of description or concretion of any kind. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 02 - February 2000
  • High blood pressure is defined as a systolic (when the heart contracts) pressure of at least 140 millimeters of mercury or a diastolic (when the heart relaxes in between heartbeats) pressure of at least 90 millimeters of mercury recorded on at least two separate office visits. —  LJWorld.com stories: News
  • Researchers found that babies that gain weight more rapidly in the first five months after birth and from the ages of two to five have higher systolic blood pressure in adulthood. —  The Latest From www.inthenews.co.uk
  • ANDROMEDA had been halted early due to an apparent mortality increase associated with the drug in the trial's "high-risk" patients with systolic heart failure, heartwire reported in 2003. —  theHeart.org
  • Not significant in multivariate analysis: CHF, hypertension, diabetes, baseline oral anticoagulation, systolic BP, diastolic BP, LVEF —  theHeart.org
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