Diastolic pressure

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Diastolic blood pressure is the lowest blood pressure in the cardiac cycle between contractions[1]. When measuring the blood pressure you would read it as systole over diastole. Diastole is the relaxation phase of the cardiac cycle.

  1. ↑ Medical dictionary
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