Blood pressure control and physicians' therapeutic behavior in a very elderly Spanish hypertensive population

Hypertension Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 753-758

  Rodríguez Roca, Gustavo C ^a   Pallarés Carratalá, Vicente ^b   Alonso Moreno, Francisco J ^c   Escobar Cervantes, Carlos ^d   Barrios, Vivencio ^e   Llisterri, José L ^f   Valls Roca, Francisco ^f   Carrasco Martín, José L ^g   Fernández Toro, José M ^h   Banegas, José R ⁱ  

^a Centro de Salud de La Puebla de Montalban   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Traumatología Unión de Mutuas   (Spain)

^c Primary Care Center Silleria   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^f Primary Care Center Benigànim   (Spain)

^g Primary Care Center La Lobilla Estepona   (Spain)

^h Primary Care Center   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SPAIN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70249112987     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2009.102     Document Type: Article

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