The Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP) trial was a double-blind study where chlorthalidone-based stepped-care therapy was compared with placebo in patients with isolated systolic ...

Your physician is in the best position to answer that for your specific case. In general, however, the question of what constitutes true high blood pressure (hypertension) in the elderly–and ...

On April 25, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association, in collaboration with other societies, released an Expert Consensus Document on Hypertension in the Elderly.

The hemodynamics of hypertension in the elderly is characterized by arteriosclerosis and a decrease in vascular elasticity, a decrease in the baroreceptor reflex, cardiac hypertrophy and a ...

Results from the SCOPE study, examining the effect of antihypertensive treatment in elderly patients with mild hypertension, are presented for the first time today at the joint meeting of the ...

Elderly patients, if treated for their high blood pressure, have fewer heart attacks, strokes and congestive heart failure, than the same age group with untreated hypertension.

(HealthDay News) — For elderly patients with hypertension, the benefits and risks associated with use of antihypertensive medications should be carefully considered, according to a review ...

An international trial looking at the benefits of giving blood pressure lowering medication to elderly patients over 80 has stopped early after researchers found significant reductions in overall ...

Treatment of systolic hypertension in the elderly should be based on nonpharmacological measures and medical therapy if the systolic hypertension cannot be controlled by conservative therapy alone.

The characteristics of hypertension in the elderly associated with these age-related changes or the progression of atherosclerosis are shown in Table 8-1.

In the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP), treatment with the diuretic agent chlorthalidone for an average of 4.5 years in patients with systolic blood pressure of 160 mm Hg or ...