Cardiology Diagnostic Tests

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To measure blood pressure, the health care provider places a blood pressure cuff around the upper arm and inflates the cuff with air. As the cuff becomes filled with air, the pressure in the cuff increases, eventually cutting off the flow of blood through the arteries in the arm.


The health care provider slowly lets air leak out of the blood pressure cuff, causing the pressure in the cuff to gradually decrease. When the pressure in the cuff falls below the systolic blood pressure in the ...Read the full article