Systolic hypertension is a major health economy problem within our aging society. Increased arterial stiffness is the vascular phenotype of systolic hypertension, especially of the large arteries.

In the United States, high blood pressure ... guide treatment decisions. Blood pressure categories are defined as follows ...

under reasonable control with single antihipertensive drug treatment (diastolic blood pressure <95 mm Hg), and diagnosed with benign prostatic hypertrophy. Doxazosin was started at a dose of 1 mg ...