Doctor Warrick is a practicing cardiologist and author with a passion for improving care by helping patients understand their heart health through education. Warrick believes educated patients get the best health care. Discover and understand the latest approaches and technology in heart care and how this might apply to you or someone you love. Check out the full episode here: https://healthyheartnetwork.com/post/ep053-063-healthy-heart-minute-what-is-circulation And the whole Podcast Channel here: https://drwarrickbishop.com/podcast/show #DoctorWarrickBishop #HealthyHeartNetwork ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TESYya6gqtk

Welcome to Dr. Warrick's Podcast Channel. Warrick is a practicing cardiologist an author with a passion for improving care by helping patients understand their heart health through education work believes educated patients get the best health care discover and understand the latest approaches and technology in heart care and how this might apply to you or someone you love. Hi, my name is Dr. Warrick and I'd like to welcome you to my consulting room today. I'd like to talk a little bit about blood pressure which is pretty common. So what is it? Blood pressure is what we measure to give us an appreciation of the pressure of the blood flowing through the main arteries. You've probably heard of the upper blood pressure measurement and the lower blood pressure measurement and these are called systolic for the upper one and diastolic for the lower one. Systolic is the higher one you tend to remember. Diastolic is the lower one. Systolic pressure reflects the blood pressure through the circulation at that time when the full force of the contraction of the heart is expelling blood. The aortic valve is open and blood is flowing through it, this is when we are seeing the highest pressure in the system. This is called the systolic blood pressure. Things that would affect the systolic blood pressure are how stiff the aorta is and how stiff some of the other pipes (blood vessels) are. The take-home message, however, is that BP is very very important and really does need to be properly assessed and managed in the long-term for the best possible outcome for the individual. It is a condition that both the patient and doctor have to work together to find the best solution for the individual patient having obtained as much information as possible to inform the decision-making. I hope you’ve found this interesting, I hope it has encouraged you to go and make sure your blood pressure is well controlled and of course, as always, I wish you good health. Thank you for taking the time to read this. You have been listening to another podcast from Dr. Warrick visit his website at DrWarrickBishop.com for the latest news on heart disease. If you love this podcast feel free to leave us a review. Check out my book at http://drwarrickbishop.com/books/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoq5EK5ueEE