"reading" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The diastolic reading reflects blood pressure while the heart is at rest between beats.
- That means their systolic blood pressure reading (top number) was 120 to 139 and/or their diastolic (bottom number) reading was 80 to 89.
- That number (80) indicates the pressure in the system when the heart is relaxed (diastolic reading).
- People with diastolic readings of over 90 are considered to have high blood pressure.
- In the United States, high blood pressure is defined as a systolic reading of 140 or higher and a diastolic reading of 90 or more.
- The findings concern systolic blood pressures from 140 to 159 millimeters of mercury and a diastolic reading (the lower number) below 90.
- (Isolated means the hypertension definition is based on the systolic pressure independent of the diastolic reading.)
- Many physicians do not consider that a patient has high blood pressure until the diastolic reading is 95 or higher.
- The diastolic reading (the number on the bottom) measures the pressure present within the arteries as your heart rests between beats.
- No one is questioning the wisdom of reducing blood pressure when the diastolic reading is higher than 100.
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