Isolated systolic hypertension and incident heart failure in older adults: A propensity-matched study

Hypertension

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 458-465

  Ekundayo, O James ^a   Allman, Richard M ^a,b   Sanders, Paul W ^a,b   Aban, Inmaculada ^a   Love, Thomas E ^c   Arnett, Donna ^a   Ahmed, Ali ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Coronary artery disease; Heart failure; Isolated systolic hypertension; Mortality; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 61749097246     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.119792     Document Type: Article

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