This Letter focuses on the best available evidence about drug treatment of elevated blood pressure in individuals over 79 years of age.InformaworldSouth African Family PracticeTreatment of elevated blood pressure in the very elderly: less is better. South African Family Practice 51 , 26-27 /...
Measured in millimeters of mercury, blood pressure is the force of blood against the vessel walls. Systolic blood pressure, the higher number, is the force during a heartbeat, and diastolic refers to when the heart is at rest. Most people's diastolic blood pressure goes down with age. Systo...
Impaired autonomic cardiovascular function and elevated blood pressure in elderly members of a high-altitude Himalayan valley communityImpaired autonomic cardiovascular function and elevated blood pressure in elderly members of a high-altitude Himalayan valley communitydoi:10.1016/j.autneu.2009.09.014Takahiro...
MmHg represents the height to which the pressure in the blood vessels can push a column of mercury in a manometer or sphygmomanometer, which are devices used to measure blood pressure. When a blood pressure reading is taken, two pressure levels are measured: systolic (the pressure during a hea...
MENTAL STRESS TESTING IN PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS: INDUCIBILITY OF T-WAVE ALTERNANS Objective: This study examined whether anxiety and depression were independently associated with elevated blood pressure in elderly persons. Method: The st... WJ Kop,DS Krantz,JS Gottdiener,...
have investigated the utility of TMPG in elderly patients with mitral annular calcification (MAC) and stratified his group based on TMPG and severity of co-existing MR [26]. Trans-mitral pressure gradient demonstrated an independent association with mortality, and MR was associated with mortality ...
Hypertension Research Sleep quality and blood pressure in Chinese subjects R-Q Liu et al 8 Sforza E, Saint Martin M, Barthelemy JC, Roche F. Association of self-reported sleep and hypertension in non-insomniac elderly subjects. J Clin Sleep Med 2014; 10: 965–971. 9 Vgontzas AN, Liao ...
Blood pressure reactivity to mental stress task as a determinant of sustained hypertension after 5 years of follow-up. Previous studies have reported an increased risk of developing sustained hypertension (SH) in borderline or mildly hypertensive subjects showing an exagger... Armario,D Rey,R H,....
A cross-sectional study of over 200 brains from nondemented elderly subjects reveals that individuals bearing the gene for apoE4 have increased diffuse deposits of A42, in addition to a greater incidence of CAA (27). Parenthetically, these diffuse deposits are com- mon in subjects with ...
We hypothesized that recurrent VTE and all-cause mortality would be increased in patients with HbA1c ≥ 6.5%. Methods Study population The SWEETCO 65+ study was performed as part of the Swiss Cohort of Elderly Patients with Venous Thromboembolism (SWITCO 65+), a prospective multicenter ...