Angela Ryan Lee, MD, FACC, is a board-certified cardiology ... blood pressure (the number at the top) and your diastolic blood pressure (the number on the bottom). Your pulse pressure is the ...

Dart and Kingwell review the cause and effect of elevated pulse pressure in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. [1] They address the "chicken and egg" debate ...

So, for someone with a blood pressure reading of 120/80, the pulse pressure would be the difference between the two numbers, or 40 mmHg. The normal range is 40 to 60.

Greater pulse pressure among consistent smokers may contribute to higher CVD risk after middle age, according to results published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Greater pulse ...

Pulse wave was recorded using a TY-306 Fukuda pressure sensitive transducer ... which is recommended by the European Society of Cardiology for risk assessment in European countries.