Diseases

Isolated Systolic Hypertension

Hypertension with elevated systolic and normal diastolic blood pressure. It is the most common subtype in the elderly and is related to VASCULAR STIFFNESS and ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE buildup.

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Hypertension with elevated systolic and normal diastolic blood pressure. It is the most common subtype in the elderly and is related to VASCULAR STIFFNESS and ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE buildup.

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  • Hypertension, Isolated Systolic
  • Isolated Systolic Hypertensions
  • Systolic Hypertension, Isolated
  • Systolic Hypertension
  • Hypertension, Systolic
  • Systolic Hypertensions

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2023

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  • Hypertension (1981-2022)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Isolated Systolic Hypertension. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000092244. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000092244
  2. Isolated Systolic Hypertension. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systolic_hypertension
  3. Isolated Systolic Hypertension. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7663896