Several factors can contribute to high systolic blood pressure, including: Aging: As people get older, their arteries become ...

Research following 19,000 adults reveals that consuming just one alcoholic beverage daily can elevate blood pressure levels.

Most older adults in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) have a net benefit favoring a systolic blood pressure (BP) target <120 mm Hg.

Learn the essential facts about systolic heart failure affecting 6.5 million Americans. Recognize warning signs and ...

What Do Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Numbers Mean? When you check your blood pressure, you get two numbers. The first, or top, number, is called systolic blood pressure. The second ...

"...consideration of advanced age, frailty and polypharmacy alone should not deter clinicians from recommending intensive ...

Systolic hypertension is a major health economy problem within our aging society. Increased arterial stiffness is the vascular phenotype of systolic hypertension, especially of the large arteries.

Almost all older adults in SPRINT trial have predicted net benefit favoring systolic BP target 120 mm Hg versus 140 mm Hg. (HealthDay News) — Most older adults in the Systolic Blood Pressure ...

HealthDay News — Most older adults in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) have a net benefit favoring a systolic blood pressure (BP) target of less than 120 mm Hg ...

Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), Doppler tissue imaging–derived tricuspid lateral annular systolic wave velocity (S′), and right ventricular fractional area change (RV‐FAC) are the ...