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.

Arterial hypertension in the elderly is a major health economy burden. Systolic hypertension is an expression of increased arterial stiffness, especially of the large arteries.

Because treating hypertension in the elderly so effectively reduces major cardiovascular events, it is vital to diagnose this very common condition early. Much of the hypertension that occurs with ...

The criterion for hypertension should be blood pressure ⩾ 140/90 mm Hg for elderly people as well as for adults in general. A positive correlation was observed between increase in blood pressure ...

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 ...

Dear Dr. Johnson: I am 72 years old and I recently had my blood pressure taken. The numbers were 190/95. My doctor said he wasn`t very concerned about the second number but he was concerned about ...

The American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) have released new guideline for hypertension treatment in older adults.

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

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

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 ...

In the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET), involving patients with hypertension (mean blood pressure: 173/91 mm Hg) aged over 80 years, treatment was performed using diuretics (ACE ...