Geriatric hypertension: aggressive therapy and its physiologic rationale
Lakatta, E.G.
Geriatrics 41(5): 44-53
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-867X PMID: 3514379 Document Number: 270694
At any given age, the chance of experiencing a cardiovascular event within the next 5 years increases with the levels of systolic and diastolic BP. Carefully administered antihypertensive therapy has the potential for decreasing the morbidity and mortality of large numbers of elderly patients who have diastolic or mixed hypertension.