[Value and limits of medical treatment of hypertension in the aged person].
Most of the therapeutic trials (VA Study, HDFP, Australian Therapeutic Trial, EWPHE Study, Coope's Study) are in favour of the benefit of antihypertensive treatment over the age of sixty. But, on the other hand, information is lacking on:--The effectiveness of treatment of isolated systolic hypertension;--The effectiveness of treatment in very old people, particularly over eighty;--The effectiveness of treatment in preventing conditions which were not included in the former trials such as vascular dementias. Two trials concerning elderly patients with systolic hypertension are in progress, the SHEP Study in the USA and the European study called Syst-Eur. It is expected that these trials will give answers allowing a more accurate management of this major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases in the Elderly.
Forette
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Service de Gérontologie clinique, Hôpital BROCA, Paris.
Bert
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Duchesne
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Kowal
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Hervy
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Bouchacourt
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged
Intérêt et limite du traitement médical de l'hypertension artérielle du sujet âgé.