Blood pressure

How hard the blood pushes on the arteries and other blood vessels. Oscillometric blood pressure devices estimate a systolic value and a diastolic value.

Also called BP

  • Biomarker
  • In 2 atlases

Overview

Technical summary

MeSH descriptor D001794, Blood Pressure. Systolic and diastolic pressure are the two values that oscillometric devices estimate. Diagnostic thresholds and targets are not part of this identity. Each belongs in a cited claim about a named guideline edition.

What is measured

Measure
How hard the blood pushes on the arteries and other blood vessels. Oscillometric devices estimate it as a systolic value and a diastolic value.
Assay context
Not reported

Interpretation

No interpretation claims are published.

Claims and evidence

No claims are published for this biomarker yet.

Record details

Record id
core:blood-pressure
Content hash
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