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Blood pressure is the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. Each time your heart beats, it pumps out blood into the arteries. Your blood pressure is highest when your heart beats, pumping the blood. This is called systolic pressure. When your heart is at rest, between beats, your blood pressure falls. This is the diastolic pressure.

Your blood pressure reading uses these two numbers, the systolic and diastolic pressures. Usually they are written one above or before the other. A reading of

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  1. High Blood Pressure (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... normal blood pressure 140/90 or higher is high blood pressure Between 120 and 139 for the top number, ... and 89 for the bottom number is prehypertension High blood pressure usually has no symptoms, but it can cause ...
  2. Pulmonary Hypertension (National Library of Medicine)  
    Pulmonary hypertension is high blood pressure in the arteries to your lungs. It is a serious condition for which there are treatments but no cure. ... failure. There are two main kinds of pulmonary hypertension. One runs in families or appears for no ...
  3. High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy (National Library of Medicine)  
    If you are pregnant, high blood pressure can cause problems for you and your unborn baby. You may have had high blood pressure before you got pregnant. ...
  4. Blood Pressure Medicines (National Library of Medicine)  
    High blood pressure, also called hypertension, usually has no symptoms. But it can cause serious problems such as stroke, heart failure, heart attack and kidney failure. If ...
  5. Hypertension Interactive Tutorial (Patient Education Institute)  
    ... com] hp030105 Last reviewed: 07/14/2010 1 Hypertension Blood pressure varies all the time. It is ... Last reviewed: 07/14/2010 2 Causes of Hypertension The exact causes of hypertension are not known. ...
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  10. High Blood Pressure Dangers: Hypertension's Effects on Your Body (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    High blood pressure (hypertension) Basics In-Depth Multimedia Expert Answers Resources What's New Reprints A single copy of this article may be reprinted for personal, noncommercial use only. High blood pressure dangers: Hypertension's effects on your body By Mayo ...
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