Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Systolic Blood Pressure

Systolic Blood Pressure is the pressure exerted on the arterial walls when the heart's ventricles contract and eject blood, and it is reported as the upper number in a Blood Pressure reading. It reflects the force generated during cardiac systole and is a key indicator of cardiovascular status; persistently elevated…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 38× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Systolic Blood Pressure is the pressure exerted on the arterial walls when the heart's ventricles contract and eject blood, and it is reported as the upper number in a Blood Pressure reading. It reflects the force generated during cardiac systole and is a key indicator of cardiovascular status; persistently elevated systolic values are a major, modifiable risk factor for stroke, heart failure, kidney disease, and other cardiovascular events. Blood Pressure is determined by cardiac output and vascular resistance and is influenced by age, body composition, activity, and underlying disease, making its measurement and interpretation central to clinical care and population health. Research in this field examines the determinants, consequences, and measurement of Blood Pressure across diverse populations. Published studies investigate the relationship between systolic and diastolic Blood Pressure loads and body-mass indices in children, vascular damage assessed by carotid intima-media thickness in newly diagnosed young hypertensive patients, and cardiac mechanics in hypertension with preserved ejection fraction. Other work addresses the prevalence, awareness, and treatment of hypertension, the blood-pressure responses to isometric resistance exercise, obesity-related anthropometric predictors of metabolic risk, and hemodynamic factors in clinical settings such as transplantation. Together these studies reflect the journal's attention to the physiological regulation of arterial pressure and its links to cardiovascular and metabolic health.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2020

Heart Failure in Family Medicine

Franjić SinišaCorresponding author
Exact topic International Journal of Global Health Cited by 3 doi:10.14302/issn.2693-1176.ijgh-20-3411

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 38 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Systolic Blood Pressure, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Blood Pressure.

Journal editorial board
Silvio Maringhini · Italy

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