How Should Elderly Hypertensive Patients Be Treated?: Proceedings of Satellite Symposium to the 12th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension, May 1988, Kyoto, Japan

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Morbidity and Mortality of Elderly Hypertensives: Results from the Long-Term Prospective Study in Hisayama, a Japanese Community....Pages 3-15
Hypertension in the Elderly....Pages 17-31
Clinical Pharmacological Considerations in the Treatment of Hypertension in the Elderly....Pages 33-49
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Hemodynamics in Treatment with Calcium Antagonists....Pages 53-68
Antihypertensive Drugs and Cerebral Circulation....Pages 69-83
Treatment of the Hypertensive Diabetic: Focus on Calcium Channel Blockade....Pages 85-102
Calcium Antagonists in Combination Therapy....Pages 103-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Prevalence, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in the Elderly: Study on Blood Pressure in Elderly Outpatients (SPAA)....Pages 117-121
Comparison of Cardiovascular Regulatory Functions in Elderly Hypertensive Patients and Normal Elderly Subjects....Pages 123-126
Role of Dipyridamole-Echocardiography Tests in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Hypertensives....Pages 127-133
The Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP): Rationale, Design, Recruitment, and Baseline Data....Pages 135-142
Antihypertensive Therapy with Uncontrolled Systolic Pressure and Increased Aortic Rigidity....Pages 143-150
Role of Intracellular Free Calcium in the Hypotensive Response to Nifedipine....Pages 151-155
Determinants of the Hypotensive Action of Nitrendipine and Atenolol in African Black Patients....Pages 157-170
The Role of Renal Calcium Handling in the Hypotensive Response to Long-Term Nifedipine Administration in Essential Hypertensives....Pages 171-175
Ventricular Function in Elderly Hypertensive Patients: A Radionuclide Assessment....Pages 177-182
Distensibility of Large Arteries in Elderly Hypertensive Patients After Chronic Treatment with Nicardipine SR....Pages 183-188
Effects of Nifedipine on Blood Pressure, Arterial Compliance and Left Ventricular Mass in Elderly Patients with Isolated Systolic Hypertension....Pages 189-195
Long-Term (12-Month) Antihypertensive, Metabolic, and Renal Hemodynamic Effects of Nifedipine and Nisoldipine....Pages 197-203
Long-Term Hemodynamic and Metabolic Effects of Nitrendipine Vs Hydrochlorothiazide in Hypertensive Patients over 70 Years of Age....Pages 205-211
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Complications and the Choice of Antihypertensive Drugs in the Elderly....Pages 213-218
Quality of Life in the Treatment of Hypertension in the Elderly....Pages 219-225
Nisoldipine: A Replacement Therapy for Nifedipine and Other Vasodilators in the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Hypertension....Pages 227-231
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Concept of Antihypertensive Treatment in the Elderly....Pages 235-245
Back Matter....Pages 247-250