Hypertension and cognitive dysfunction in elderly: Blood pressure management for this global burden

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Tadic, Marijana ^a   Cuspidi, Cesare ^b   Hering, Dagmara ^c  

^a Surgical Clinic   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive therapy; Arterial hypertension; Cognitive decline; Dementia

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84998887096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12872-016-0386-0     Document Type: Review

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