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What is the definition or description of: diastolic pressure?
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Pressure at rest.: Diastolic pressure is essentially the pressure in the blood vessels in between beats when the heart is filling for the next beat, or the "resting pressure". On a blood pressure meter it is the bottom number, with normal for most patients being less than 85mmhg.
Answered 9/23/2013
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The lower BP no.: It is the systemic arterial pressure at the moment the aortic valve closes.
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