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Treatment of Hypertension in Patients 80 Years of Age or Older

Author(s) -

Nigel Beckett,

Ruth Peters,

Astrid Fletcher,

Jan A. Staessen,

Lisheng Liu,

Dan L. Dumitraşcu,

Vassil Stoyanovsky,

Riitta Antikaínen,

Nikitin IuP,

Craig S. Anderson,

Alli Belhani,

Françoise Forette,

Chakravarthi Rajkumar,

Lutgarde Thijs,

Winston Banya,

Christopher J. Bulpitt

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa0801369

Subject(s) - medicine , indapamide , blood pressure , stroke (engine) , perindopril , placebo , diuretic , confidence interval , angiotensin converting enzyme , sitting , surgery , cardiology , mechanical engineering , engineering , alternative medicine , pathology

Whether the treatment of patients with hypertension who are 80 years of age or older is beneficial is unclear. It has been suggested that antihypertensive therapy may reduce the risk of stroke, despite possibly increasing the risk of death.

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