Antihypertensive Treatment in the Elderly and Very Elderly: Always “the Lower, the Better?”

Antihypertensive Treatment in the Elderly and Very Elderly: Always “the Lower, the Better?”

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...

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Main Authors: Alberto Mazza, Emilio Ramazzina, Stefano Cuppini, Michela Armigliato, Laura Schiavon, Ciro Rossetti, Marco Marzolo, Giancarlo Santoro, Roberta Ravenni, Marco Zuin, Sara Zorzan, Domenico Rubello, Edoardo Casiglia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Hypertension
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/590683

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