Originally Posted by
bobwysiwyg
What is pulse pressure, I'm not familiar with the term.
What is pulse pressure? How important is pulse pressure to your overall health? @ Mayo Clinic.
Basically, there's systolic (the top number) and diastolic (the bottom number). The "pulse" pressure is the difference between the two.
According to the Mayo Clinic:
For adults older than age 60, a pulse pressure greater than 60 can be a useful predictor of heart attacks or other cardiovascular disease; this is especially true for men.
In some cases a low pulse pressure (less than 40) may indicate poor heart function. A higher pulse pressure (greater than 60) may reflect leaky heart valves (valve regurgitation), often due to age-related losses in aortic elasticity.