New Guidelines and SPRINT Results: Implications for Geriatric Hypertension

Circulation. 2019 Sep 17;140(12):976-978. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.037872. Epub 2019 Sep 16.

Authors

Mark A Supiano^{1

2}, Jeff D Williamson³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatrics, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (M.A.S.).
² Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Salt Lake City, UT (M.A.S.).
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (J.D.W.).

No abstract available

Keywords: cognitive dysfunction; dementia; frailty; hypertension.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
American Heart Association
Blood Pressure
Clinical Trials as Topic
Dementia / epidemiology*
Health Services for the Aged
Humans
Hypertension / diagnosis
Hypertension / epidemiology
Hypertension / therapy*
Hypolipidemic Agents / therapeutic use*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
United States / epidemiology

Substances

Hypolipidemic Agents

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