Evidence supporting a systolic blood pressure goal of less than 150 mm Hg in patients aged 60 years or older: The minority view

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 499-503

  Wright, Jackson T ^a   Fine, Lawrence J ^b   Lackland, Daniel T ^c   Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^d   Dennison Himmelfarb, Cheryl R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MOTIVATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84895800309     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M13-2981     Document Type: Article

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