Elderly patients are becoming a greater proportion of the hypertensive population. In
addition, they may respond differently to drugs, both pharmacodynam-ically and …

Isolated systolic hypertension affects over 15% of all people older than 60 years. In the
elderly, systolic hypertension is a major modifiable cardiovascular risk factor. Systolic blood …

Objective This paper presents a meta-analysis of eight outcome trials of antihypertensive
drug treatment in elderly hypertensive patients, and uses the results of these trials to discuss …

Isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) has proved to be a powerful predisposing factor for
cardiovascular diseases in the elderly. Recent placebo-controlled interventional trials such …

Introduction Hypertension is a major and modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Its
prevalence is rising as the result of population aging. Isolated systolic hypertension mostly …

Aims: Isolated systolic hypertension affects over 8 to 15% of all subjects older than 60 years.
In the elderly, systolic hypertension is the major modifiable cardiovascular risk factor. Three …

In the elderly, isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) is a particularly good predictor of
subsequent cardiovascular events. The purpose of this article is to review the evidence …

Approximately two-thirds of the elderly population has hypertension, mainly of the isolated
systolic hypertension (ISH) type. However, while large-scale, randomized controlled …

Hypertension is one of the main risk factors for cerebrovascular disease (stroke), coronary
artery disease (acute myocardial infarction), congestive heart failure (both systolic and …

Isolated Systolic Hypertension (ISH) is associated with a several-fold excess risk of mortality
from myocardial infarction, stroke and cardiac failure. Decreased compliance of large …