Age-related decline in autonomic control of blood pressure: Implications for the pharmacological management of hypertension in the elderly

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 313-319

  Cleophas, Ton J ^a   Van Marum, Rob ^a  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DRUG POTENCY; ELDERLY CARE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPERTENSION; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0037273675     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-200320050-00001     Document Type: Review

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