Definition: The increase in systolic blood pressure without a concomitant increase in diastolic blood pressure is the systolic hypertension.
Etiology :
1. Decreased elasticity of the aorta due arteriosclerosis aorta (most common cause).
2. Increased cardiac output due to the presence of fever, anemia, thyrotoxicosis, hyperkinetic heart syndrome, arteriovenous fistula, Paget’s disease, beriberi or anxiety.
3. Increased stroke volume due to aortic insufficiency or complete heart block
4. Coarctation.
Symptoms :
The symptoms, if any, are produced by underlying disease and not dependent arterial hypertension per se.
Signs :
The systolic hypertension is characterized by persistently elevated systolic blood pressure. (more…)
