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© 1979 Oxford University Press

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SYMPOSIUM ON HYPERTENSION IN THE ELDERLY*

SHOULD WE TREAT HYPERTENSION IN THE ELDERLY?

BERNARD ISAACS

Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham B15 2TH

The argument for treating hypertension in old people is essentially that the treatment is beneficial in young people. Direct evidence of benefit in old people is limited. Further evidence is awaited from the European Cooperative Study. Critical examination of the indirect evidence gives limited support to treatment of certain sub-groups of the elderly only. Much present practice appears to be unsound.


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