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1857898

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
25
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
This article shows the epidemiologic dimension of hypertension in the elderly. The number of the elderly in Switzerland is expected to increase significantly until the first decades of the new millenium; therefore, geriatric medicine and hypertension in the elderly in particular will become even more important than it is at present. Cardiovascular disease is blamed for a major share of prematurely lost years of life. In the past few years the age-standardized mortality of ischaemic heart disease has declined in Switzerland, while the rate for cerebrovascular disease has gone down earlier. The project MONICA may explain the reasons for these trends. Hypertension shows also in Switzerland a high prevalence, which even increases in older age groups. In the Framingham cohort study (USA) it was shown that hypertension is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortalitity in the elderly. This is particularly true for the most common form of hypertension in the elderly, the isolated systolic hypertension. Because of the described demographic development, hypertension in the elderly, its prevention, diagnosis and management will become even more significant.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1013-2058
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
80
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
684-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
[Epidemiology of hypertension in old age].
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin, Universität Zürich.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract