diastolic
Between the beats
Diastolic describes the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and chambers fill with blood, as opposed to systolic, when it contracts.
The term appears most often in blood pressure readings, where the diastolic number is the lower figure: Her blood pressure was 120 over 80, with 80 being the diastolic.
Abnormally reduced arterial pressure
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- arterialOf major vessels
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
- pulseArterial blood throb
circulation · cardiovascular · ventricular · health · normal · elevated · low · range
Arterial pressure measuring instrument
- mmHgPressure measurement unit
- cuffSleeve or trouser terminus
- readingInterpreting written text
- mercuryLiquid metallic element
gauge · stethoscope · monitoring · baseline · waveform · brachial · noninvasive · tonometry
State of being unwound
- ventriclesMuscular pumping chambers
- fillingMaterial placed within
- atriaRoofed central courts
- cardiacPertaining to the heart
cycle · phase · valves · mitral · tricuspid · contraction · rhythm · beat
Medications reducing blood pressure
- cardiologyStudy of cardiac disorders
- beta-blockersHeart rate reducers
- diureticsDrugs increasing urine output
- vasodilationRelaxation of vessel walls
echocardiogram · atherosclerosis · diagnosis · treatment · dysfunction · heart-failure · murmur · regurgitation
hypotension
Abnormally reduced arterial pressure
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- arterialOf major vessels
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
pulse · circulation · cardiovascular · ventricular · health · normal · elevated · low · range · threshold
sphygmomanometer
Arterial pressure measuring instrument
mercury · gauge · stethoscope · monitoring · baseline · waveform · brachial · noninvasive · tonometry · manometer
relaxation
State of being unwound
- ventriclesMuscular pumping chambers
- fillingMaterial placed within
- atriaRoofed central courts
cardiac · cycle · phase · valves · mitral · tricuspid · contraction · rhythm · beat · recoil
antihypertensives
Medications reducing blood pressure
- cardiologyStudy of cardiac disorders
- beta-blockersHeart rate reducers
- diureticsDrugs increasing urine output
vasodilation · echocardiogram · atherosclerosis · diagnosis · treatment · dysfunction · heart-failure · murmur · regurgitation · stenosis
- Circulatory Systemheart rate, blood, artery, veins, capillary
- blood pressurereadings, cuff, hypotension, blood pressure monitor, high blood pressure
- circulationblood, circulation, arteries, veins, bloodstream
- vital signspulse, heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, vital signs
- low pressurestorm, rain, clouds, front, vacuum
- Heart Metricsheart rate, blood pressure, pulse, EKG, ECG
- diastolic pressureArterial force during cardiac relaxation
- diastolic blood pressureArterial force during cardiac relaxation