Diastolic pressure

Diastolic blood pressure is the lowest blood pressure in the cardiac cycle between contractions. When measuring the blood pressure you would read it as systole over diastole^[1]. Diastole is the relaxation phase of the cardiac cycle^[2].

References

1. ↑ Medicine Net. (2015)Definition of Diastole. Available at http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=16164 [Accessed 19th October 2015]
2. ↑ The free dictionary (2015) Diastolic blood pressure: Available at http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/diastolic+blood+pressure [Accessed 19th October 2015]