left ventricular diastolic blood pressure absolute change in diastolic blood pressure absolute change in left ventricular diastolic blood pressure 2013-07-31T13:40:52Z JSmith The difference in left ventricular diastolic blood pressure between two points in time or two conditions expressed as the result of the subtraction in and of itself without comparison by ratio with another quantity. The term "absolute change" refers to the subtraction of one value from another, as opposed to a dissimilarity of two values expressed as a ratio or as a percentage. In this context it is not intended to necessarily imply the difference expressed as an absolute value |n|, that is, the numeric value of the difference without regard to its sign. absolute change in LVDBP calculated left ventricular blood pressure