One group where diastolic hypotension may complicate therapy is the elderly. In elderly persons, a common variant of hypertension is isolated systolic hypertension with a wide pulse pressure and ...

and carotid atherosclerosis than subjects with diastolic hypertension despite lower mean blood pressure. These findings indicate potential pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying the association of ...

Isolated systolic hypertension is a condition where the systolic (top) number is elevated — 130 mmHg or higher — but the diastolic (bottom) number is in a normal range. Older adults are ...

Hypertension (abnormally high blood pressure) typically involves elevations in both systolic and diastolic blood pressures.

A diastolic blood pressure between 80 and 89 indicates prehypertension and a pressure of 90 or higher is considered high. In isolated diastolic hypertension, only the diastolic blood pressure is ...

Noninvasive echocardiographic measures of diastolic dysfunction (DD), as defined by current guidelines ... The study aimed to ...