The cause of normal blood pressure but reduced ventricular diastolic function may be physiological factors, such as aging, or pathological factors, such as diabetes mellitus, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, etc. Depending on the patient’s different conditions, general treatment, drug therapy, etc. may be given.
1. Increasing age: For healthy middle-aged and elderly people, with the increase of age, the ventricular diastolic function may be reduced to different degrees, generally will not cause significant impact on the body, without special treatment. However, it is necessary to pay attention to healthy diet, regular work and rest, and appropriate exercise in daily life to avoid further reduction of ventricular diastolic function.
2. Diabetes mellitus: Long-term diabetes mellitus patients with cardiomyocyte metabolic disorders, prone to myocardial fibrosis, resulting in reduced ventricular diastolic function, but the blood pressure can be shown as normal. Patients should follow the doctor’s instructions to apply hypoglycemic drugs (such as metformin), insulin and other active control of blood glucose, and at the same time, should pay attention to daily life to quit smoking and alcohol, low-fat diet, and enhance exercise.
3. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: It is a hereditary cardiomyopathy, in which the patient’s ventricle is asymmetrically hypertrophied, myocardial compliance decreases, resulting in reduced ventricular diastolic function, and the blood pressure can be normal. Patients should go to the hospital in time, and apply β-blockers (such as metoprolol), non-dihydropyridine calcium antagonists (such as verapamil) and other drugs for treatment as prescribed by the doctor.
Patients with normal blood pressure but reduced ventricular diastolic function should have a clear understanding of the specific cause of the disease and standardized treatment under the guidance of a doctor to avoid delays and adverse consequences.