Hypertension in the Elderly

Meta-analysis in clinical trials

1986 • 36,193 citations

Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease

1990 • 4,424 citations

Beta blockade during and after myocardial infarction: An overview of the randomized trials

1985 • 3,248 citations

Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives.

1991 • 3,036 citations

Morbidity and mortality in the Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension (STOP-Hypertension)

1991 • 1,911 citations

Functional status and well-being of patients with chronic conditions. Results from the Medical Outcomes Study

1989 • 1,874 citations

Functional Status and Well-being of Patients With Chronic Conditions

1989 • 1,678 citations

An Assessment of Clinically Useful Measures of the Consequences of Treatment

1988 • 1,650 citations

MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY RESULTS FROM THE EUROPEAN WORKING PARTY ON HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE ELDERLY TRIAL*1, *2

1985 • 1,482 citations

Medical Research Council trial of treatment of hypertension in older adults: principal results.

1992 • 1,373 citations

Effects of treatment on morbidity in hypertension. Results in patients with diastolic blood pressures averaging 115 through 129 mm Hg

1967 • 1,318 citations

1993 guidelines for the management of mild hypertension. Memorandum from a World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension meeting. Guidelines Subcommittee of the WHO/ISH Mild Hypertension Liaison Committee.

1993 • 1,233 citations

Single-Drug Therapy for Hypertension in Men -- A Comparison of Six Antihypertensive Agents with Placebo

1993 • 1,210 citations

Echocardiographically Detected Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: Prevalence and Risk Factors

1988 • 811 citations

The Heart in Hypertension

1992 • 774 citations

The Australian therapeutic trial in mild hypertension.

1984 • 528 citations

HYPOTENSIVE THERAPY IN STROKE SURVIVORS

1970 • 259 citations

Treatment of mild hypertension: results of a ten-year intervention trial.

1977 • 242 citations

Alterations in canine myocardial excitability during ischemia.

1977 • 241 citations

Prevalence of Cardiovascular Diseases among Older Adults

1993 • 240 citations

Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly

1970 • 239 citations

Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP): Antihypertensive efficacy of chlorthalidone

1985 • 209 citations

Isolated Systolic Hypertension and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly

1992 • 185 citations

Excess body weight. An under-recognized contributor to dyslipidemia in white American women.

1994 • 170 citations

Effects of treatment in hypertension results of a controlled study

1966 • 150 citations

Blood Pressure Management: Individualized Treatment Based on Absolute Risk and the Potential for Benefit

1993 • 120 citations

Blood pressure reduction in elderly: a randomised controlled trial of methyldopa.

1981 • 92 citations

Prospective study on the treatment of mild hypertension in the aged.

1981 • 89 citations

EVALUATION OF DRUG TREATMENT IN MILD HYPERTENSION: VA‐NHLBI FEASIBILITY TRIAL*

1978 • 87 citations

Age‐Related Trends in Cardiovascular Morbidity and Physical Functioning in the Elderly: The Cardiovascular Health Study

1993 • 79 citations

All-cause mortality in the hypertension detection and follow-up program: Findings for the whole cohort and for persons with less severe hypertension, with and without other traits related to risk of mortality

1986 • 75 citations

Temporal Patterns of Antihypertensive Medication Use Among Elderly Patients

1993 • 68 citations

Oslo Hypertension Study

1986 • 51 citations

Management of the hypertensive patient: a continuing dilemma.

1981 • 49 citations

Systolic hypertension in the elderly. Pathophysiology and management.

1992 • 35 citations

Thromboxane synthase inhibition enhances action of converting enzyme inhibitors.

1989 • 22 citations

Management of multiple risk factors for coronary heart disease in patients with hypertension

1991 • 16 citations

The benefits of reducing cholesterol levels: the need to distinguish primary from secondary prevention 2. Implications for heart disease prevention in Australia

1991 • 11 citations

Introduction: Is hypertension a metabolic disease?

1993 • 5 citations