systolic hypertension

The government advises doctors to begin considering treatment of systolic hypertension only if that reading is 160 or greater.

The reason is that studies have not been done to determine the benefits of such treatment among people with borderline systolic hypertension.

But isolated systolic hypertension may respond best to diuretics alone.

This can build up due to isolated systolic hypertension with a widened pulse pressure.

With isolated systolic hypertension, specialists said, a patient typically has blood pressure readings like 160 over 89.

With the population aging, older people with isolated systolic hypertension are expected to number eight million by the year 2025, experts say.

Even patients older than 80 years and those with isolated systolic hypertension benefit from antihypertensive therapy.

For isolated systolic hypertension: 60 mg twice daily.

Prevention of stroke by antihypertensive drug treatment in older persons with isolated systolic hypertension.

Systolic hypertension may be due to reduced compliance physiology of the aorta with increasing age.

In addition to lifestyle changes, medication can also be used to reduce systolic hypertension to safe levels, although medications frequently have side effects, often serious.

This problem is sometimes called ISH, for isolated systolic hypertension.

Two randomized controlled trials have established the value of treating systolic hypertension:

In fact, the majority of people older than 60 who have hypertension have isolated systolic hypertension.

Decreasing compliance of the sail heralds the onset of systolic hypertension.

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of coenzyme Q10 in isolated systolic hypertension.

Arterial calcification might also contribute to systolic hypertension and ventricular hypertrophy.

High blood pressure in which only the first number (systolic pressure) is too high (isolated systolic hypertension).

In medicine, systolic hypertension is defined as an elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP).

The goal of treating systolic hypertension is to delay and reduce the extent of damage to the heart, the cerebrovascular system, and the kidneys.

Isolated systolic hypertension refers to elevated systolic pressure with normal diastolic pressure and is common in the elderly.

The Framingham study used the World Health Organization's definition of borderline isolated systolic hypertension for readings from 140 to 159.

Those with borderline systolic hypertension had a significantly greater risk of developing heart attacks, heart failure and strokes than those with normal blood pressure.

"We believe that these findings demonstrate the effectiveness of sustained drug treatment of isolated systolic hypertension," Dr. Lenfant said at a news briefing.

Final results of the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP).