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Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral
versión On-line ISSN 1561-3038
Resumen
GUINART ZAYAS, Nancy. What should we do with a hypertensive elderly?. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2007, vol.23, n.4, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3038.
Arterial hypertension is a medical problem of first magnitude, not only for its consequences, mainly cardiovascular complications (myocardial infarction), peripheral arteriopathies, stroke, nephroangiosclerosis, etc., but also for being very common in the elderly, among whom it is the main factor of cardiovascular risk. The family physicians are in charge of its early detection.
Palabras clave : Cardiovascular risk; treatment benefit; treatment objective.