Diastole
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Oct 3, 2026
speaker_13SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Systolic zero.
speaker_13SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Diastolic zero.
speaker_13SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's all right.
speaker_13SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It'll take a few seconds.
speaker_13SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Forty.
speaker_13SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
My God.
Boris KarloffSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Diastolic.
Boris KarloffSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hurry.
speaker_4HOST
The bottom number is the diastolic blood pressure.
speaker_4HOST
Diastole is the resting phase.
speaker_3HOST
Okay.
speaker_4HOST
This is the brief moment just between beats when the heart muscle relaxes and the heart chambers refill with blood.
Mike CharlesworthHOST
And a fast rate? Genuinely limiting.
Mike CharlesworthHOST
Diastole shortens, so there's less time to inflate and deflate, and the augmentation shrinks.
Mike CharlesworthHOST
Above about 120, you may get more useful support at 1 to 2 than 1 to 1, because at least the beats you assist are properly assisted.
Calum DownesHOST
Which is why tachyarrhythmia sits in the relative contraindications.