Hypertension management in older adults

Vascular aging leads to arterial hypertension, which is the leading cause of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in older adults. Blood pressure reduction is effective in reducing the cardiovascular risk and is safe in ambulatory older adults. It is important to note that blood pressure control i...

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Autores principales: Bilen, Ozlem, Wenger, Nanette K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7438964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32850119
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20323.1
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description Vascular aging leads to arterial hypertension, which is the leading cause of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in older adults. Blood pressure reduction is effective in reducing the cardiovascular risk and is safe in ambulatory older adults. It is important to note that blood pressure control in this group of patients is challenging because of comorbidities, polypharmacy, and frailty. Choice of pharmacotherapy is not simple and should be individualized.
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spelling pubmed-74389642020-08-25 Hypertension management in older adults Bilen, Ozlem Wenger, Nanette K. F1000Res Review Vascular aging leads to arterial hypertension, which is the leading cause of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in older adults. Blood pressure reduction is effective in reducing the cardiovascular risk and is safe in ambulatory older adults. It is important to note that blood pressure control in this group of patients is challenging because of comorbidities, polypharmacy, and frailty. Choice of pharmacotherapy is not simple and should be individualized. F1000 Research Limited 2020-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7438964/ /pubmed/32850119 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20323.1 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Bilen O and Wenger NK http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7438964/
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