Why Two-Arm Blood Pressure Checks is good idea for everyone.

What is Blood Pressure?







Blood pressure is typically recorded as two numbers, written as a ratio like this:







Systolic-The top number, which is also the higher of the two numbers, measures the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats (when the heart muscle contracts).





Diastolic-The bottom number, which is also the lower of the two numbers, measures the pressure in the