Talk:Pulse pressure

message: The claim that pulse pressure is less in the systemic circulation than in the pulmonary circulation seems to me to be absolutely wrong. Let me describe this mathematically for ease of description: 
Systemic Pulse P: 
P(sys) - P(dia)= 120 - 80 = 40mmHg
Pulmonary Pulse P: 
P(sys) - P(dia)= 25 - 10 = 15mmHg
How could anyone claim that 15mmHg is more than 40mmHg? Now maybe the gentleman meant that the proportional pulse pressure compared to total pressure was greater in the pulmonary circulation but I don't know. Someone tell me that I am wrong about this and my math is mistaken or I am going to change the post in a week or two...
Thank you
Orlandoturner (talk) 02:07, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Pulse Pressure of the systemic and pulmonary circulations, error?

message: This article seems to be confused with how to differentiate pulse pressure from systolic pressure and MAP.
I agree with the following definition from http://highbloodpressure.about.com/od/highbloodpressure101/p/pulse_pressure.htm
"Blood pressure measurements include both a systolic and a diastolic reading. These two readings are taken at opposite ends of the cardiac cycle and are a person's highest and lowest blood pressure levels. The difference between these two extremes is called the pulse pressure, and represents the force that your heart generates each time it contracts."
See http://www.google.com/search?q=narrowing%20widening%20pulse%20pressure
Trevor Wennblom (talk) 04:27, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusing pulse pressure with systolic pressure and mean arterial pressure

message: Dr.Asmaa,adoctor resident in Assuit university hospital searching in pulse pressure and its relation to CVD
How to lower PULSE PRESSURE???  (signed:  interested 59 yr. old)
: Folic acid? 
Link found in a searcj and posted without comment. Pol098 17:56, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think you may be confusing pulse pressure with Mean arterial pressure, which is a related, but distinct concept. Vontheri (talk) 23:06, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Dr

message: Am very interested in this, as it is not something I have come accross before. However, I can't persue it any further because the comment is not referenced... argh! Does anybody know of a reference for it?--John24601 21:16, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pulse pressure and antihypertensives 

message: I found the following fragment somewhat confusing:
If the usual resting pulse pressure is measured as less than 40 mm Hg, the most common reason is an error of measurement. If the pulse pressure is genuinely low, e.g. 25 mm Hg or less, ....
I would have thought that if there is no measurement error, then any value of less than 40 mm Hg is “genuinely low”, while a value of 25 mm Hg should perhaps be described as “very low”. Rahul (talk)  —Preceding comment was added at 11:06, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion between terms: genuinely low vs very low 

message: "Theoretically, the systemic pulse pressure can be conceptualized as being proportional to stroke volume and inversely proportional to the compliance of the aorta[1]. For instance, even though the right and left ventricles have similar stroke volumes, because the aorta is the most compliant vessel (due to the large amount of elastic fibers) the aortic pulse pressure is much greater than the pulmonary pulse pressure."
If pulse pressure is *inversely* proportional to compliance, then the more compliant vessel should have the *lower* pulse pressure.
So which of these two statements is the correct one?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevin k (talk • contribs) 21:58, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistency: 

message: that section at the end of the article is silly, it cites a poorly designed study in a low tier journal with 20 patients. I would not include such preliminary research in this article, pulse pressure is an important topic. - adam, neurologist  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.95.147.56 (talk) 15:51, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Folic acid lowering pulse pressure? 

message: Earwig triggered on a site that derives content from WP, but this paraphrasing may need to be looked into further:
 The aorta has the highest compliance in the arterial system due in part to a relatively greater proportion of elastin fibers versus smooth muscle and collagen. This serves the important function of damping the pulsatile output of the left ventricle, thereby reducing the pulse pressure. If the aorta becomes rigid in conditions such as arteriosclerosis or atherosclerosis, the pulse pressure would be very high.—WP
 In the arterial system, the aorta has the highest compliance, due in part to a relatively greater proportion of elastin fibers versus smooth muscle and collagen. This serves the important function of dampening the pulsatile output of the left ventricle, thereby reducing the pulse pressure [...]. If the aorta were a rigid tube, the pulse pressure would be very high.  — current reference #3
It could be that the copying went in the other direction, but then why is it being used as a reference? — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 06:17, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Close paraphrase or copyvio 

message: I guess a lot of people who read this page (like me) have a low pulse pressure or we would not go here. So what is "drop in left ventricular stroke volume", is it serous? Is it normal? If You are otherwise healthy, can it be an indicator of a heart-problem?
 I think this need some more explanation.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.207.18.101 (talk) 09:25, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  The most common cause of a low (narrow) pulse pressure is a drop in left ventricular stroke volume.  

message: I suggest to change the Systemic pulse pressure "Calculation" from the existing:
 normal 120mmHg - 80mmHg = 40mmHg or 66% to the correct
 normal 120mmHg - 80mmHg = 40mmHg or 33% as 40/120=0.3333..x100=33%
SamiAEH (talk) 13:57, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  systolic blood pressure % calculation error 

message: Is WIDENING an acronym or a general word?
If a general word, then shouldn't NARROWING be discussed?
Bcwilmot (talk) 10:02, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is WIDENING capitalized?