BUFFALO, N.Y. -- People with only mildly elevated systolic blood pressure have a high risk of stroke similar to those with significantly raised systolic or diastolic blood pressure, long-term ...

The findings support 2017 guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association to more aggressively treat high blood pressure. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure ...

Systolic blood pressure that is too low -- as well as too high -- may put patients who have had a noncardioembolic ischemic stroke at risk for another one, researchers found. Compared with patients ...

Whether left ventricular (LV) systolic properties are reduced in diastolic heart failure (DHF) remains controversial, because patients with DHF maintain a normal stroke volume and ejection fraction ...

Under current guidelines, a systolic blood pressure reading between 140-150 is considered healthy. A national trial completed in late 2015, however, showed that reducing systolic blood pressure to ...

Reducing salt in breads and in prepackaged foods could prevent cardiovascular disease, according to a new study.

Cardiovascular risk continues to reduce as systolic blood pressure decreases right down to levels as low as 90 mm Hg, a new study has shown. The study analyzed data from a cohort of 1457 participants ...

Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood exerts on the blood vessels in your body. As your heart beats, it contracts and relaxes, pushing blood out of the heart to the arteries, which ...

Both systolic and diastolic hypertension are significant contributors to cardiovascular risk, regardless of the threshold used for hypertension, a large study of more than 1.3 million people shows.

Individuals with diastolic blood pressure under 70 mm Hg coupled with an elevated systolic blood pressure may have a greater risk of heart attack and stroke than indicated by the systolic blood ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Systolic and diastolic hypertension independently affected the risk for adverse CV events, including MI, ...

Dr. Clyde Yancy answers the question: 'Importance Of Blood Pressure Numbers?' — -- Question: Is the top (systolic) or the bottom (diastolic) blood pressure more important? Answer: One of the big ...