Effect of discontinuation of antihypertensive treatment in elderly people on cognitive functioning-the DANTE Study Leiden: A randomized clinical trial

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1622-1630

  Moonen, Justine E F ^a   Foster Dingley, Jessica C ^a   Ce Ruijter, Wouter ^a   Van Der Grond, Jeroen ^a   Bertens, Anne Suzanne ^a   Van Buchem, Mark A ^a   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^a   Middelkoop, Huub A ^a,b   Wermer, Marieke J H ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a,c   De Craen, Anton J M ^a   Van Der Mast, Roos C ^a,d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROOP TEST; TRAIL MAKING TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECTS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HYPERTENSION; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84943543028     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.4103     Document Type: Article

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