دورية أكاديمية

COMMENTARY.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: COMMENTARY.
المؤلفون: Hung, William W., Leipzig, Rosanne M.
المصدر: Evidence Based Medicine; Oct2008, Vol. 13 Issue 5, p136-136, 1/3p
مصطلحات موضوعية: HYPERTENSION, TREATMENT of diseases in older people, HEART diseases, CARDIAC arrest, THERAPEUTICS, PREVENTIVE medicine
مستخلص: The article focuses on the reduced mortality and heart failure incidence through the utility of antihypertensive treatment of elderly people as determined by the hypertension in the very elderly trial (HYVET). It states that trials reveal a decrease in stroke but decrease in mortality was not observed. Moreover, it notes that antihypertensive treatment may serve as a good method to prevent heart failure.
قاعدة البيانات: Complementary Index