Arterial hypertension in the elderly is a major health economy burden. Systolic hypertension is an expression of increased arterial stiffness, especially of the large arteries. Adequate ...
Recent interest in systolic hypertension has evolved from the fact that many physicians have, in some cases, belatedly recognized that elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP) may be as or more ...
"We found that for most people with Type 2 diabetes, lowering systolic blood pressure to less than 120 mm Hg reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events," said lead study author Guang Ning, M ...
In systolic heart failure, which affects more than 32 million people globally, the muscle loses the ability to squeeze hard enough to push oxygenated blood from the heart's left ventricle through ...
A blood pressure reading consists of two values: systolic value – blood pressure while the heart is squeezing diastolic value – blood pressure while the heart is relaxing The average blood ...