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The Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial - latest data.

Author(s): Mukhtar O(1), Jackson SH.

Affiliation(s): Author information: (1)King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, UK. o.mukhtar@nhs.net

Publication date & source: 2013, Br J Clin Pharmacol. , 75(4):951-4

Early trials in the field of hypertension focused on adults in their fifties and sixties. However, with the passage of time, a progressive effort has been made to expand the evidence base for treatment in older adults. 2008 saw publication of data from the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial which demonstrated significant mortality and morbidity benefits from antihypertensive therapy in octogenarians. More recently, additional data from this cohort has been published suggesting that appropriate anti-hypertensive therapy may lead to a reduction in incident cognitive impairment and fractures, whilst a 1 year open label extension of the main study confirmed many of the original trial findings. This review provides an overview of the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial whilst also discursively evaluating the latest data.

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