Blood Pressure
Blood pressure is a measure of the pressure at which your blood circulates through your arteries and veins. High blood pressure is capable of causing damage to a number of organs called target organs, such as the heart, brain and kidney. Click on the question you want to know more about.
Systolic blood pressure figure (maximum)
Systolic blood pressure is defined as the maximum of the pressure curve in the arteries.
Diastolic blood pressure figure (minimum)
Diastolic blood pressure refers to the minimum value of the pressure curve.
Hypertension
The existence or diagnosis of HYPERTENSION is one of the variables most frequently related to future CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS, which is why we consider it extremely important to evaluate the existence of a diagnosis or treatment of HYPERTENSION, as well as the estimation of your current BREATHING HEIGHT, both the maximum or systolic and the minimum or diastolic.
The increase in blood pressure and even more so in hypertension as a disease, subjects the entire cardiovascular system to an adaptation and subsequent remodelling, which constitute the substrate of the affectation of the so-called WHITE ORGANS, which is precisely what health professionals seek to detect, control and avoid, in order to modify the course of the disease together with its inherent risks.
