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Is diastolic blood pressure primarily determined by the amount of peripheral vasoconstriction?
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Vascular tone: Vasoconstriction is usually an abnormal state. Diastolic blood pressure is determined, in part, by the normal tone of blood vessels.
Answered 8/23/2012
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