For a year after his CABGx2 my husband's blood pressure [assisted by atenolol and ramipril] was a steady 120 / 80.
He hadn't had a blood pressure reading as perfect as that for 20 years. However over the last few months the diastolic figure is creeping up again - it's now usually 90 with the occasional reading of 100. Has anyone any ideas what might be causing this? He did have to reduce his exercise programme recently because of a foot injury and has gained a little weight. Would this cause a 10 - 20 point rise in diastolic pressure? Or should we be looking for something else?
