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Diastole

Known as: Diastoles, Diastolic 
The widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood.
National Institutes of Health

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Blood CirculationBlood pressure systolic & diastolic:Pressure:Point in time:Arterial system:QuantitativeIntracranial diastolic:Pres:Pt:Skull:QnIntravascular diastolic:Pres:10H^mean:Arterial system:Qn

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Aortic Stiffness Is an Independent Predictor of Fatal Stroke in Essential Hypertension
Background and Purpose— Pulse pressure is a stronger predictor of cardiovascular events than systolic or diastolic blood pressure… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Does the Relation of Blood Pressure to Coronary Heart Disease Risk Change With Aging?: The Framingham Heart Study
Background — We examined the relative importance of diastolic (DBP), systolic (SBP) and pulse pressure (PP) as predictors of… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Preserving renal function in adults with hypertension and diabetes: a consensus approach. National Kidney Foundation Hypertension and Diabetes Executive Committees Working Group.
Over 11 million Americans have both diabetes and hypertension-comorbid diseases that strongly predispose people to both renal as… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Pulse pressure: a predictor of long-term cardiovascular mortality in a French male population.
Studies on the usefulness of blood pressure as a prognostic factor in cardiovascular disease have more often involved… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Clinical implications of the 'no reflow' phenomenon. A predictor of complications and left ventricular remodeling in reperfused anterior wall myocardial infarction.
BACKGROUND Recent studies demonstrated that the "no reflow" phenomenon after coronary reflow implies the presence of advanced… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Automatic quantification of ejection fraction from gated myocardial perfusion SPECT.
UNLABELLED We have developed a completely automatic algorithm to quantitatively measure left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Single-Drug Therapy for Hypertension in Men -- A Comparison of Six Antihypertensive Agents with Placebo
Background Characteristics such as age and race are often cited as determinants of the response of blood pressure to specific… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The cardiovascular response of normal humans to the administration of endotoxin.
Marked abnormalities in cardiovascular function accompany septic shock, and bacterial endotoxin is believed to be one of the… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
How common is white coat hypertension?
Twenty-one percent of 292 patients with untreated borderline hypertension (clinic diastolic blood pressures persistently between… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Effect of captopril on progressive ventricular dilatation after anterior myocardial infarction.
We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to determine whether ventricular dilatation continues during the late… 
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