title: Ten most important things to learn from the ACCF/AHA 2011 expert consensus document on hypertension in the elderly.
abstract: The American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association 2011 Expert Consensus Document on Hypertension in the Elderly has been published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and in Circulation, and will be published in the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension and the Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. This document has also been developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology, the American Geriatrics Society, the American Society of Preventive Cardiology, the American Society of Hypertension, the American Society of Nephrology, the Association of Black Cardiologists, and the European Society of Hypertension. The present article is a short summary emphasizing the 10 most important things to learn from this document.
authors: Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA. wsaronow@aol.com
authors: Wilbert S
authors: WS
authors: Aronow
authors: Maciej
authors: M
authors: Banach
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents