Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension in Adults Aged 60 Years or Older to Higher Versus Lower Blood Pressure Targets: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Qaseem A, Wilt T, Rich R, Humphrey L, Frost J, Forciea M, Fitterman N, Barry M, Horwitch C, Iorio A, McLean R. Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension in Adults Aged 60 Years or Older to Higher Versus Lower Blood Pressure Targets: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2017, 166: 430-437. PMID: 28135725, DOI: 10.7326/m16-1785.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecific blood pressure targetsBlood pressure targetsTarget systolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureLower blood pressure targetsPressure targetsBlood pressureCardiac eventsPharmacologic treatmentTreatment goalsPatient populationAmerican CollegeFamily physiciansAmerican AcademyAdults Aged 60 YearsHigh cardiovascular riskTransient ischemic attackMajor cardiac eventsHistory of strokeClinical practice guidelinesTreatment of hypertensionTarget patient populationIschemic attackRecurrent strokeCause mortality