The left and right ventricles pump the same volume of blood through the aorta and pulmonary artery.
Cardiac output is the volume of blood pumped through each ventricle per minute.
Cardiac output is determined by heart rate and stroke volume.
CO = HR x SV
Blood pressure is a measure of the force that your heart uses to pump blood around your body.
Blood pressure changes through the aorta during the cardiac cycle. Pressure increases during ventricular systole and decreases during diastole.
An inflatable cuffstopsblood flow, in the artery and deflates gradually.
The blood starts to flow at systolic pressure. The blood flows freely through the artery at diastolic pressure.
A typical blood pressure reading for a young adult is 120/80 mmHg.
Hypertension is high blood pressure. A reading of 140/90 mmHg would be considered high blood pressure. Hypertension is a major risk factor for many diseases including coronary heart disease.
