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Juan Diego Mediavilla García | Zendy; Fernando Jaén Águila | Zendy; C. Fernández Torres | Zendy; Blas Gil Extremera | Zendy; J. Jiménez Alonso | Zendy

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Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in the Elderly

Author(s) -

Juan Diego Mediavilla García,

Fernando Jaén Águila,

C. Fernández Torres,

Blas Gil Extremera,

J. Jiménez Alonso

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

international journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744

H-Index - 37

eISSN - 2090-0392

pISSN - 2090-0384

DOI - 10.1155/2012/548286

Subject(s) - medicine , ambulatory blood pressure , incidence (geometry) , blood pressure , ambulatory , isolated systolic hypertension , population , resistant hypertension , pediatrics , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , cardiology , environmental health , physics , optics

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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