Blood pressure in very elderly people

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-264

  Stott, David J ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDITORIAL; FALLING; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 33644813123     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000200519.12109.2e     Document Type: Editorial

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