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Hypertension Management in Older and Frail Older Patients

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Benetos, Athanase, Petrovic, Mirko, Strandberg, Timo·2019·Circulation Research

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The prevalence of arterial hypertension, particularly systolic hypertension, is constantly rising worldwide. This is mainly the clinical expression of arterial stiffening as a result of the population’s aging. Chronic elevation in blood pressure represents a major risk factor not only for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality but also for cognitive decline and loss of autonomy later in life. Clinical evidence obtained in community-dwelling older people with few comorbidities and preserved autonomy supports the beneficial effects of lowering blood pressure in older hypertensive subjects even after the age of 80 years. However, observational studies in frail older individuals treated for hypertension have shown higher morbidity and mortality rates compared with those with lower blood pressure levels. Clearly, in very old subjects, the therapeutic strategy of one size fits all cannot be applied because of the enormous functional heterogeneity in these individuals. Geriatric medicine proposes taking into account the function/frailty/autonomy status of older people. In the present review, we propose to adapt the antihypertensive treatment using an easy-to-apply visual numeric scale allowing the identification of 3 different patient profiles according to the functional status and autonomy for activities of daily living. For the preserved function profile, strategies should be those proposed for younger old adults. For the loss of function/preserved activities of daily living’ profile, a more detailed geriatric assessment is needed to define the benefit/risk balance as well as requirements for the tailoring of the various therapeutic strategies. Lastly, for the loss of function and altered activities of daily living’ profile, therapeutic strategies should be thoroughly reassessed, including deprescribing (when considered appropriate). In the near future, controlled trials are necessary for the most frail older subjects (ie, in those systematically excluded from previous clinical trials) to gain stronger evidence regarding the benefits of the various therapeutic strategies.

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Authors
Benetos, A., Petrovic, M., & Strandberg, T.
Venue
Circulation Research
Published
2019-03-29
Volume
124
Issue
7
Pages
1045-1060
ISSN
  • 0009-7330 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4571
OpenAlex
W2932248400
Cited by
508
References
125
FWCI
21.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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Benetos, A., Petrovic, M., & Strandberg, T. (2019). Hypertension Management in Older and Frail Older Patients. Circulation Research. https://doi.org/10.1161/circresaha.118.313236

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