Low diastolic blood pressure

[woodbon]

I have a left bundle branch block and leaky mitral and aorta valves. I had blood pressure and was put on bisoprisol 5 mg and ramipril. My cardiologist said my heart is functioning normally now and the ventricular impairment has mostly gone. When I take my bp it is mostly around 55 diastolic and in 120 to 130 systolic. My G\p isn't worried about this but I wonder why my diastolic is always low.

[jimmyq]

Few people on here are medically qualified to answer your question. It might be the Ramipril, it might not. You could discuss it with your doctor and/or call the BHF Heart Helpline on 0300 330 3311 (office hours) and talk to a cardiac nurse about it.

[woodbon]

Thank you. I'll do that. I have mentioned it to my GP, but he just said that it was the top number that mattered. I have been lucky in lots of respects and after my 'cardiac event' 3 yrs ago, and my ventricular impairment was back to normal last year from being stage 2-3. with a normal ejection fraction, valves still a bit leaky but at 63, he said that was normal!

[Qualipop]

Afraid I can't give you any explanation but I just had the same thing. My BP meds were changed in late January to Candesartan. For 2 months I was reasonably ok then gradually my diastolic reading started to drop and drop and drop. It went from 70 into the 60s, thenthe 50s then down to 49. At that point I bent over to pick something up and was so dizzy I face planted. I had also started having a very erratic heart beat with long bouts of fluttering lasting up to 90 minutes. I rang the GP; not my usual, who immediately told nme to stop the tablets until I could get an appointment. 2 weeks ago I had a 24 hour holter monitor and the results came back just yesterday; super or supra ventricular tachycardia caused by my BP Tablets. My GP was also not concerned by the low diastolic reading which I understand is the resting pressure between beats. He couldn't explain why it had gone so low except the tablets and wasn't at all bothered and couldn't explain anything.

[Zabrallo]

I had severe aortic regurgitation before the surgery and my blood pressure was most of the time 130/50 or around these numbers. As far as I understand in my case it was caused by the backflow in aortic valve.. It changed after the surgery.

[woodbon]

My aortic ejection fraction was up from 40 3 years ago to 65 last year and my cardiologist was pleased and said my heart was functioning much better and he didn't want to see me for 5 years,(I'm 64 now). I have spoken to one of the GP's at the practice, who was very nice, arranged an electrocardiogram at the practice. This showed I am in sinus rythum and she said not to worry about the diastolic, unless I had symptoms, or become breathless. I'm just becoming a over sensitive I suppose!