The highest level to which arterial blood pressure rises, following the systolic ejection of blood from the left ventricle.
Period of maximum arterial blood pressure. (Compare with Diastolic Pressure.)
The high point of blood pressure which occurs during the systole. Systolic pressure is always higher than diastolic pressure.
The higher figure in a measurement of blood pressure.
Higher blood pressure reading; measured when the heart contracts.
The first and higher blood pressure number, representing the force caused by the surge of blood that moves as a result of the contraction of the ventricles.
The pressure exerted by the blood in the arteries when the heart is contracting. Systolic pressure is represented by the numerator in the blood pressure fraction.