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From where does the diastolic pressure (80mm.hg) come ?
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Diastolic: Pressure is the lowest or most relaxed point in your heartbeat. Systolic is the highest point. Peace and good health.
Answered 3/21/2014
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Diastole: When the heart contracts the pressure within an artery is the systolic pressure; when the heart muscle relaxes and the pressure within the artery falls-this is the diastolic pressure. Thus 120systolic/80 diastolic.
Answered 4/1/2014
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