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Results 1 - 10 of 21 for Diastolic
  1. Heart murmurs 
    ... heart murmur may be described as systolic or diastolic. (Systole is when the heart is squeezing out blood and diastole is when it is filling up with blood.) ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003266.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Blood pressure measurement 
    ... the sound stops is recorded. This is the diastolic pressure. Inflating the cuff too slowly or not ... pressure) is below 120 and the bottom number (diastolic blood pressure) is below 80 (written as 120/ ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007490.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. High blood pressure - what to ask your doctor 
    ... pressure is given as two numbers: systolic over diastolic blood pressure. Your systolic blood pressure is the ... the course of your heart beat cycle. Your diastolic blood pressure is the lowest pressure. When your ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000226.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. High blood pressure in adults – hypertension 
    ... systolic blood pressure. The bottom number is called diastolic blood pressure. For example, 120 over 80 (written ... systolic pressure) of 130 or more Bottom number (diastolic pressure) of 80 or more If you have ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000468.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Diabetes - preventing heart attack and stroke 
    ... between 130 to 140 mm Hg, and a diastolic blood pressure (bottom number) less than 90 mm ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000080.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Controlling your high blood pressure 
    ... or higher. The bottom number is called the diastolic blood pressure . For most people, this reading is ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000101.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Heart failure - tests 
    ... to: Identify which type of heart failure (systolic, diastolic, valvular) Monitor your heart failure and guide your ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000366.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Blood pressure check (image) 
    ... systolic pressure, and the last sound is the diastolic pressure.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19255.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Hypertension (image) 
    ... the heart beats. The bottom number is called diastolic blood pressure, and it represents the pressure in ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/9699.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Aortic regurgitation 
    ... Hard pulses in the arms and legs Low diastolic blood pressure Signs of fluid in the lungs ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000179.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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