Management of Hypertension in the Elderly and Frail Patient.
Luigina GuastiMarco AmbrosettiMarco FerrariFranca MarinoMarc FerriniIsabella SudanoMaria Laura TandaIris ParriniRiccardo AsteggianoMarco CosentinoPublished in: Drugs & aging (2022)
Hypertension is a frequent finding in elderly patients. Hypertension in older age can be both associated with frailty and represent a risk factor for frailty. Hypertension is recognized as a main risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and stroke and the occurrence of these diseases may provoke a decline in health status and/or worsen the degree of frailty. Blood pressure targets in hypertensive older and frail patients are not completely defined. However, specific evaluations of individual patients and their co-morbidities and assessment of domains and components of frailty, together with weighted consideration of drug use, may help in finding the appropriate therapy.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- community dwelling
- atrial fibrillation
- heart failure
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- hypertensive patients
- chronic kidney disease
- heart rate
- prognostic factors
- physical activity
- risk assessment
- type diabetes
- patient reported outcomes
- coronary artery disease
- stem cells
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- acute coronary syndrome
- bone marrow
- contrast enhanced
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- smoking cessation
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- cardiovascular risk factors
- catheter ablation
- network analysis