Low diastolic blood pressure may be associated with brain atrophy

Monday, June 10, 2013 - 21:30 in Health & Medicine

Low baseline diastolic blood pressure (DBP) appears to be associated with brain atrophy in patients with arterial disease, whenever declining levels of blood pressure (BP) over time among patients who had a higher baseline BP were associated with less progression of atrophy, according to a new report.

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