Treatment of Hypertension in the Elderly

To the Editor: In his editorial accompanying the article by Beckett et al. 1 on the results of the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET), Kostis (May 1 issue) 2 describes why he thinks the data from the study are important. However, the vast majority of patients who were enrolled in the tri...

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 359; no. 9; pp. 971 - 974
Main Authors:	Douma, Stella, Petidis, Konstantinos, Zamboulis, Chrysanthos, Messerli, Franz H, Sulicka, Joanna, Gryglewska, Barbara, Cheah, Chan Y, Wilson, Mark D, Sutton, Graham, Beckett, Nigel S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Massachusetts Medical Society 28-08-2008
Subjects:	Age Factors Aged, 80 and over Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use Humans Hypertension - drug therapy Selection Bias Stroke - ethnology Stroke - prevention & control
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