Uncontrolled hypertension and increased risk for incident heart failure in older adults with hypertension: findings from a propensity-matched prospective population study

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-31

  Iyer, Anand S ^a   Ahmed, Mustafa I ^a   Filippatos, Gerasimos S ^b   Ekundayo, O James ^c   Aban, Inmaculada B ^a   Love, Thomas E ^d   Nanda, Navin C ^a   Bakris, George L ^e   Fonarow, Gregg C ^c   Aronow, Wilbert S ^f   Ahmed, Ali ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; incident heart failure; uncontrolled blood pressure

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 77749338171     PISSN: 19331711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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