Risk and benefit of treatment of isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly: evidence from the Systolic Hypertension in Europe Trial

H Celis, RH Fagard, JA Staessen… - Current opinion in …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
… Target organ damage [46–50] and cardiovascular risk [49,51,… ) hypertension, but data on
nonsustained hypertension in … consequences of nonsustained systolic hypertension as well as …

The benefit of treating isolated systolic hypertension

JG Wang, JA Staessen - Current hypertension reports, 2001 - Springer
hypertension is of great importance [1]. In a recent comprehensive overview of trials in isolated
systolic hypertension [4••], the risk conferred by systolic and … isolated systolic hypertension

The clinical significance of systolic hypertension

WC Cushman - American journal of hypertension, 1998 - academic.oup.com
… Beta blockers have not been associated with such benefits. The recently released sixth … )
systolic hypertension, whether it occurs in isolation or in conjunction with diastolic hypertension. …

[PDF][PDF] Systolic hypertension as a cardiovascular risk factor

GT McInnes - Blood pressure, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
… of systolic hypertension is the value of its treatment. Two seminal studies provided conclusive
evidence of benefit – the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP) and the …

… importance of the sympathetic nervous system and systolic hypertension in patients with hypertension: benefits in treating patients with increased cardiovascular risk

DA Sica - Blood pressure monitoring, 2000 - journals.lww.com
hypertensive variants, such as isolated systolic hypertension. Numerous large trials have
demonstrated that the treatment of hypertension … isolated systolic hypertension whose systolic

Isolated systolic hypertension: pathophysiology, consequences and therapeutic benefits.

J Kocemba, K Kawecka-Jaszcz, B Gryglewska… - … of human hypertension, 1998 - nature.com
systolic hypertension (ISH) in cardiovascular pathophysiology has been changed from a
benign condition to the major cardiovascular risk … of the high risk associated with systolic blood …

Isolated systolic hypertension: an important cardiovascular risk factor

A HIMMELMANN, T HEDNER, L HANSSON… - Blood …, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
… The benefit of treating isolated systolic hypertension has now … isolated systolic hypertension
is also an important risk factor … benefits of treating borderline isolated systolic hypertension

Risks of untreated and treated isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly: meta-analysis of outcome trials

JA Staessen, J Gasowski, JG Wang, L Thijs… - The Lancet, 2000 - thelancet.com
risks in treated and untreated older patients with isolated systolic hypertension or explained
treatment benefit … In untreated control patients we first evaluated the risk conferred by systolic

Systolic hypertension in older persons

SI Chaudhry, HM Krumholz, JAM Foody - JAMA, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
… the importance of systolic hypertension (SH), defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) of at
… using the search terms hypertension combined with the terms systole (or systolic) and aged.…

Chinese trial on isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly

JG Wang, JA Staessen, L Gong… - Archives of internal …, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
Systolic Hypertension in Europe (Syst-Eur) Trial Investigators, … for older patients with
isolated systolic hypertension. … benefit from treatment in isolated systolic hypertension [letter]…