Treatment of hypertension in the elderly

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 972-973

  Messerli, Franz H ^a   Sulicka, Joanna ^b   Gryglewska, Barbara ^b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; LACIDIPINE; LISINOPRIL;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DRUG EFFECT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; STROKE;

EID: 50449089631     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. SHEP Cooperative Research Group. Prevention of stroke by antihypertensive drug treatment in older persons with isolated systolic hypertension: final results of the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP). JAMA 1991;265:3255-64.