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Episode 22: Among the topics: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pacemakers and ICDs - Tough problems in the treatment of hypertension

ESC TV Today – Your Cardiovascular News

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The Importance of Systolic Pressure

Diastolic hypertension used to be the big news. Now it's all about systolic. About 10% of people have isolated diastolic hypertension. The real concern with diastolic pressure is actually low diastolics in people with a high systolic, so-called isolated systolic hypertension. If you're really confused about diastolic, stop measuring it and just ignore it and focus on syStolic.

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