Healthy people aged 80 and older with systolic blood pressure greater than 150 mmHg should be treated

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1199-1120

  Supiano, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; GERIATRIC CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PROPHYLAXIS; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84880302764     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12322_2     Document Type: Article

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