The difference between the systolic and diastolic numbers - the upper and lower numbers of your blood pressure is known as pulse pressure. According to doctors, it is an indicator of health ...

Elevated systolic blood pressure is even more associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality than diastolic blood pressure. Treatment of systolic hypertension in the elderly should be ...

In younger subjects the stroke volume is increased by a progressive decrease in end-systolic volume and little change in end-diastolic volume (Figure 3). The increased plasma catecholamines can ...