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Antihypertensive Treatment in the Elderly and Very Elderly : Always “the Lower, the Better?”
Joint Authors
Rossetti, Ciro
Marzolo, Marco
Ramazzina, Emilio
Zuin, Marco
Cuppini, Stefano
Ravenni, Roberta
Casiglia, Edoardo
Rubello, Domenico
Zorzan, Sara
Santoro, Giancarlo
Mazza, Alberto
Schiavon, Laura
Armigliato, Michela
Source
International Journal of Hypertension
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-09-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Arterial hypertension (HT) is age dependent and, with the prolongation of life expectancy, affects more and more elderly people.
In the elderly, HT is a risk factor for organ damage and cardiovascular (CV) events.
Both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic reduction of blood pressure (BP) is associated with a corresponding decrease in systolic-diastolic or isolated systolic HT.
Clinical trials have shown that BP lowering is associated with a decrease in stroke and other CV events.
Therefore, BP reduction per se appears more important than a particular class of antihypertensive drugs.
The benefit of antihypertensive treatment has been confirmed up to the age of 80 years, remaining unclear in the octogenarians.
The benefit in lowering diastolic BP between 80 and 90 mmHg is well established, while that of lowering systolic BP below 140 mmHg requires further confirmations.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mazza, Alberto& Ramazzina, Emilio& Cuppini, Stefano& Armigliato, Michela& Schiavon, Laura& Rossetti, Ciro…[et al.]. 2011. Antihypertensive Treatment in the Elderly and Very Elderly : Always “the Lower, the Better?”. International Journal of Hypertension،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mazza, Alberto…[et al.]. Antihypertensive Treatment in the Elderly and Very Elderly : Always “the Lower, the Better?”. International Journal of Hypertension No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Mazza, Alberto& Ramazzina, Emilio& Cuppini, Stefano& Armigliato, Michela& Schiavon, Laura& Rossetti, Ciro…[et al.]. Antihypertensive Treatment in the Elderly and Very Elderly : Always “the Lower, the Better?”. International Journal of Hypertension. 2011. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-4.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-483264