Systolic

Systolic is the adjective form of systole, typically referring to the contraction activity of the heart.

Related Topics:
Systole - Heart

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As such, it is used to describe portions of the cardiac cycle related to contraction.

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More typically it is used as one component of measurement of blood pressure. Systolic pressure refers to the highest, peak pressure within the blood stream occurring during each heart beat. The other component of blood pressure is diastolic pressure, which refers to the lowest pressure during each heart beat.

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In the area of parallel computing this term is also used for the Systolic Array.

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