Target blood pressure in elderly hypertensive patients and in patients with diabetes mellitus

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1551-1552

  Mancia, Giuseppe ^a   Fagard, Robert ^b   Narkiewicz, Krzysztof ^c   Redon, Josep ^d   Zanchetti, Alberto ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84904065515     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000275     Document Type: Article

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