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Hypotension; Low blood pressure (hypotension) |
Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by the blood on the walls of the blood vessels. Unless indicated otherwise, blood pressure refers to systemic arterial blood pressure, i.e., the pressure in the large arteries delivering blood to body parts other than the lungs, such as the brachial artery (in the arm). The pressure of the blood in other vessels is lower than the arterial pressure. Blood pressure values are universally stated in millimetres of mercury (mm Hg), and are always given ...
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- American Heart Association
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- Blood Pressure Drops When You Stand Up (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Blood Pressure Testing and Measurement (American Heart Association)
- Bradbury-Eggleston Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Hypotension (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Shy-Drager Syndrome (National Institutes of Health)
- Effects of Blood Pressure Measurements on Mortality (American College of Physicians)
- Hypotension (HealthWorld)
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- Multiple System Atrophy with Orthostatic Hypotension (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Multiple System Atrophy with Orthostatic Hypotension (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Orthostatic Hypotension (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Parsley (HealthWorld)
- Tilt-Table Test (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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