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Clinically overt diastolic HF, also referred to as HF with normal ejection fraction (EF), currently accounts for 40–50% of all HF cases and has a prognosis as dire as that of systolic HF.

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Blood pressure numbers indicate the pressure measured when your heart beats (systolic), and in between the beats (diastolic).

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The top, “systolic” pressure, is the force blood puts on the walls of arteries as its pumped out of the heart. The bottom “diastolic” number measures that same pressure but between heartbeats. Normal ...

Don’t worry if someone’s checking your blood pressure in a loud public place.The reading they get is apt to be just a ...

"In contrast to prevailing beliefs, our finding suggests that the impact of a noisy public space on BP readings is small and ...