Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in the Elderly

The incidence of hypertension is high in the elderly and is present in 2/3 of the patients older than 65 years. Prevalence can reach 90% in patients older than 80 years. The presence of isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) is characteristic of this population. However, the prevalence of hypertension...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mediavilla García, Juan Diego, Jaén Águila, Fernando, Fernández Torres, Celia, Gil Extremera, Blas, Jiménez Alonso, Juan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22229085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/548286
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Sumario:The incidence of hypertension is high in the elderly and is present in 2/3 of the patients older than 65 years. Prevalence can reach 90% in patients older than 80 years. The presence of isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) is characteristic of this population. However, the prevalence of hypertension by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is not well known. In this study, we analyzed the special characteristics of hypertension in this population, giving special emphasis on ABPM readings.

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