

Human: What is systolic pressure?

Assistant: It’s a measure of the amount of force being exerted against the walls of your arteries during your heartbeat. It’s the top number of your blood pressure reading. In English, it’s also sometimes just called “the systolic.”


Human: What is systolic pressure?

Assistant: “Systolic” is a term referring to the highest blood pressure you measure while taking a blood pressure reading, and “diastolic” is the lowest.  You’re probably asking about systolic pressure because that’s the most important number to track in people over the age of about 50, or in some cases younger than that.
What is systolic pressure?
It’s a measure of the amount of force being exerted against the walls of your arteries during your heartbeat. It’s the top number of your blood pressure reading. In English, it’s also sometimes just called “the systolic.”
“Systolic” is a term referring to the highest blood pressure you measure while taking a blood pressure reading, and “diastolic” is the lowest.  You’re probably asking about systolic pressure because that’s the most important number to track in people over the age of about 50, or in some cases younger than that.