Use of antihypertensive agents with particular comorbid problems.
This article reviews the use of several classes of antihypertensive drugs in elderly hypertensive patients who may also have one of eight concomitant medical conditions. Specific contraindications in various disease states as well as preferred choice(s) of drugs exist. The rationale for drug choice is supported by explanations that relate to the pathophysiology of hypertension in the elderly population and the disease under consideration.
Mascioli
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Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
Gonzalez
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D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents