Diastolic

Diastolic is the adjective form of diastole referring to relaxation of the heart, between muscle contractions.

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As such, it is used to describe portions of the cardiac cycle related to contraction.

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More typically it is used as one component of measurement of blood pressure. Diastolic pressure refers to the lowest pressure within the blood stream occurring during each heart beat. The other component of blood pressure is systolic pressure, which refers to the highest pressure during each heart beat.

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