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Descriptor English: Isolated Systolic Hypertension
Descriptor Spanish: Hipertensión Sistólica Aislada
Descriptor hipertensión sistólica aislada
Entry term(s) hipertensión sistólica
Scope note: Hipertensión con presión arterial sistólica elevada y presión arterial diastólica normal. Es el subtipo más frecuente en las personas de edad avanzada y está relacionado con la RIGIDEZ VASCULAR y la formación de PLACA ATEROESCLERÓTICA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hipertensão Sistólica Isolada
Descriptor French: Hypertension systolique isolée
Entry term(s): Hypertension, Isolated Systolic
Hypertension, Systolic
Isolated Systolic Hypertensions
Systolic Hypertension
Systolic Hypertension, Isolated
Systolic Hypertensions
Tree number(s): C14.907.489.165.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000092244
Scope note: Hypertension with elevated systolic and normal diastolic blood pressure. It is the most common subtype in the elderly and is related to VASCULAR STIFFNESS and ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE buildup.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Hypertension (1981-2022)
Public MeSH Note: 2023
History Note: 2023
DeCS ID: 60110
Unique ID: D000092244
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Date Established: 2023/01/01
Date of Entry: 2022/07/08
Revision Date: 2021/10/18
Isolated Systolic Hypertension - Preferred
Concept UI M000751621
Scope note Hypertension with elevated systolic and normal diastolic blood pressure. It is the most common subtype in the elderly and is related to VASCULAR STIFFNESS and ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE buildup.
Preferred term Isolated Systolic Hypertension
Entry term(s) Hypertension, Isolated Systolic
Isolated Systolic Hypertensions
Systolic Hypertension, Isolated
Systolic Hypertension - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000751622
Preferred term Systolic Hypertension
Entry term(s) Hypertension, Systolic
Systolic Hypertensions



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