Diastolic Pressure
Key Facts
Abbreviation
DP
Pronunciation
/ˌdaɪəˈstɑlɪk ˈprɛʃər/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology
Examples in Context
- Usually that measurement of diastolic pressure isa matter of judgment.
- Objective : To evaluate transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of the left ventricular diastolic pressure ( LVDP ).
- Systole presses heighten, diastolic pressure drops, pressing of arteries and veins also increases accordingly.
- The first pumping sound your doctor hears is recorded as the systolic pressure, and the last sound is the diastolic pressure.
- Elevated systolic pressure alone, particularly common in older people, is just as dangerous as elevations of both systolic and diastolic pressure.
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