title: [Treatment of hypertension in elderly patients].
abstract: Today indications for treatment of hypertension in older age are no longer contested, even if only systolic pressure is raised. The choice of the antihypertensive drug for elderly patients, however, depends on concomitant diseases. The diversity of the latter demands a judicious, individualized use of the available substances (diuretics, beta-blockers, calcium antagonists and ACE-inhibitors). In elderly patients as well, a marked reduction of the cardiovascular risk is achievable by pharmacotherapy. So far, however, such results have only been reported for the use of diuretics and beta-blockers, in purely systolic hypertension by diuretics exclusively; however smaller studies, suggest that comparably favorable results may be obtained with calcium antagonists.
mesh_terms: D018674:Adrenergic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015897:Comorbidity; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D018674:Adrenergic Antagonists; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D004232:Diuretics
vernacular_title: Hypertoniebehandlung bei älteren Patienten.