Hypertension in the very old; Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control: A cross-sectional population-based study in a Spanish municipality

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Aguado, Alba ^a   Lpez, Flora ^b   Miravet, Sonia ^b   Oriol, Pilar ^b   Fuentes, M Isabel ^b   Henares, Belén ^b   Badia, Teresa ^b   Esteve, Lluis ^b   Peligro, Javier ^b  

^a Hospital Sagrada Familia   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SPAIN; AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66149170083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-16     Document Type: Article

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