Response to Antihypertensive Therapy in Older Patients With Sustained and Nonsustained Systolic Hypertension
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Robert H. Fagard, MD; Jan A. Staessen, MD; Lutgarde Thijs, BSc; Jerzy Gasowski, MD; Christopher J. Bulpitt, MD; Denis Clement, MD; Peter W. de Leeuw, MD; Jurij Dobovisek, MD; Matti Jääskivi, MD; Gastone Leonetti, MD; Eoin O’Brien, MD; Paolo Palatini, MD; Gianfranco Parati, MD; José L. Rodicio, MD; Hannu Vanhanen, MD; John Webster, MD; for the Systolic Hypertension in Europe (Syst-Eur) Trial Investigators
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Response to antihypertensive therapy in older patients with sustained and nonsustained systolic hypertension. Systolic Hypertension in Europe (Syst-Eur) Trial Investigators.
BACKGROUND The goal of the present study was to assess the effect of antihypertensive therapy on clinic (CBP) and ambulatory (ABP) blood pressures, on ECG voltages, and on the incidence of stroke and cardiovascular events in older patients with sustained and nonsustained systolic hypertension. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients who were >/=60 years old, with systolic CBP of 160 to 219 mm Hg and dia...
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تاریخ انتشار 2000