What Causes High Systolic BP And Low Diastolic BP?

Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2015

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Question : My systolic blood pressure is high about 140-150 and my diastolic is low about 60-65, what is the cause?

Answered by Dr. Benard Shehu (11 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Following answer to your query.

Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you for asking!
I read your query and understood your concerns.

You have stage I hypertension and a pulse pressure between 80-90 (i.e the difference between systolic and diastolic pressure). This in most of the cases is related to aortic regurgitation.

If you were my patient I would recommend to do cardiac echo in order to exclude aortic regurgitation.

Hope this was of help!
Wish you health!
Dr. Shehu

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