title: Isolated systolic hypertension. How significant?
abstract: Isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) has been defined as an elevation in systolic blood pressure of 160 mmHg or above associated with a diastolic blood pressure of less than 90 mmHg. The significance of ISH arises because of a number of factors including its prevalence, its likely role as a major predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, and the uncertainty about its cause.
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Silagy
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*