Impact of the 2017 AmericanHeart Association and American College of Cardiology hypertension guideline in aged individuals

Impact of the 2017 AmericanHeart Association and American College of Cardiology hypertension guideline in aged individuals

Objectives: The AHA/ACC-2017 hypertension guideline recommends an age-independent target blood pressure (BP) of less than 130/80 mmHg. In an elderly cohort without established cardiovascular disease (CVD) at baseline, we determined the impact of this guideline on the prevalence of hypertension and a...

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Main Authors: Chowdhury, Enayet, Ernst, M.E., Nelson, M., Margolis, K., Beilin, L.J., Johnston, C., Woods, R., Murray, A., Wolfe, R., Storey, E., Shah, R.C., Lockery, J., Tonkin, A., Newman, A., Abhayaratna, W., Stocks, N., Fitzgerald, S., Orchard, S., Trevaks, R., Donnan, G., Grimm, R., McNeil, J., Reid, Christopher
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS 2020
Subjects:
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
elderly
guidelines
hypertension
target blood pressure
CARDIOVASCULAR RISK
TASK-FORCE
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antihypertensive Agents
Blood Pressure
Cohort Studies
Female
Heart Disease Risk Factors
Humans
Hypertension
Male
Practice Guidelines as Topic
ASPREE Investigator Group
Online Access:https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/8218338
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93110

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https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/8218338
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93110

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