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Systolic blood pressure is the force exerted by blood on arterial walls during ventricular contraction measured in millimeters of mercury (see Tortora & Grabowski, 1996). It is the highest pressure measured; normal range for systolic blood pressure is <120 mmHg.
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Tortora, G. J., & Grabowski, S. R. (1996). Principles of anatomy and physiology (8th ed.). New York: Harper Collins College.
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Ginty, A.T. (2013). Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP). In: Gellman, M.D., Turner, J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1005-9_497
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