Prognosis of male patients with treated hypertension followed over 15 years.
1. Male patients aged 50-75 years on treatment for hypertension in 1973 have been followed for 15 years. 2. Overall mortality in the 271 patients was 63% and 41% died of vascular disease. 3. Coronary artery disease or sudden death occurred in 44% of the patients who died and was between 2 and 6 times more common than in the general population. 4. Treatment of hypertension has improved overall prognosis but mortality from coronary artery disease is more common than in the general population.
Morgan
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Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Anderson
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Hopper
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Maskill
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D000368:Aged; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000401:mortality; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors