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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

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Table of contents (24 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
  2. Session 1

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Hypertension in the Elderly

      • A. Amery, J. Staessen, R. Fagard, R. Van Hoof
      Pages 17-31
  3. Session 2

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
    2. Hemodynamics in Treatment with Calcium Antagonists

      • Per Lund-Johansen, Per Omvik
      Pages 53-68
    3. Antihypertensive Drugs and Cerebral Circulation

      • Yoshihiro Kuriyama, Tohru Sawada, Teruo Omae
      Pages 69-83
    4. Treatment of the Hypertensive Diabetic: Focus on Calcium Channel Blockade

      • Peter Weidmann, Bernhard N. Trost, Paolo Ferrari
      Pages 85-102
    5. Calcium Antagonists in Combination Therapy

      • Gastone Leonetti, Alberto Zanchetti
      Pages 103-113
  4. Posters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
    2. Prevalence, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in the Elderly: Study on Blood Pressure in Elderly Outpatients (SPAA)

      • Emanuela Taioli, Claudio Alli, Fausto Avanzini, Giuseppe Bettelli, Fabio Colombo, Rocco Corso et al.
      Pages 117-121
    3. Comparison of Cardiovascular Regulatory Functions in Elderly Hypertensive Patients and Normal Elderly Subjects

      • Akiko Kawamoto, Kazuyuki Shimada, Kozo Matsubayashi, Taishiro Chikamori, Osamu Kuzume, Hiroshi Ishida et al.
      Pages 123-126
    4. Role of Dipyridamole-Echocardiography Tests in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Hypertensives

      • Fabio Lattanzi, Alessandra Renata Lucarini, Eugenio Picano, Silva Severi, Enrico Orsini, Alessandro Distante et al.
      Pages 127-133
    5. The Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP): Rationale, Design, Recruitment, and Baseline Data

      • Jeffrey L. Probstfield, William B. Applegate, J. David Curb, Nemat O. Borhani, C. Morton Hawkins, Jeffrey A. Cutler et al.
      Pages 135-142
    6. Antihypertensive Therapy with Uncontrolled Systolic Pressure and Increased Aortic Rigidity

      • M. E. Safar, Ph. L. Soubies, A. M. Safavian, R. G. Asmar, St. Laurent
      Pages 143-150
    7. Role of Intracellular Free Calcium in the Hypotensive Response to Nifedipine

      • Tetsuya Oshima, Hideo Matsuura, Koji Matsumoto, Koji Kido, Tomofumi Otsuki, Tetsuji Shingu et al.
      Pages 151-155
    8. Determinants of the Hypotensive Action of Nitrendipine and Atenolol in African Black Patients

      • P. Lijnen, J. R. M’Buyamba-Kabangu, B. Lepira, R. Fagard, A. Amery
      Pages 157-170
    9. The Role of Renal Calcium Handling in the Hypotensive Response to Long-Term Nifedipine Administration in Essential Hypertensives

      • Akihiko Nozawa, Kenjiro Kikuchi, Tohru Hasegawa, Hiroaki Komura, Shinichiro Suzuki, Naotoshi Sato et al.
      Pages 171-175
    10. Ventricular Function in Elderly Hypertensive Patients: A Radionuclide Assessment

      • Maurizio Petitto, Vincenzo Liguori, Salvatore Di Somma, Carmine Magnotta, Mario Ausiello, Maurizio Galderisi et al.
      Pages 177-182

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Cardiovascular Center Hospital, Suita, Osaka, 565, Japan

    Teruo Omae

  • Centro di Fisiologia Clinica e Ipertensione, Ospedale Maggiore di Milano, Instituto di Clinica Medica IV, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Alberto Zanchetti

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: How Should Elderly Hypertensive Patients Be Treated?

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of Satellite Symposium to the 12th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension, May 1988, Kyoto, Japan

  • Editors: Teruo Omae, Alberto Zanchetti

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68340-7

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-68342-1Published: 20 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-68340-7Published: 11 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 250

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Hepatology, Gastroenterology

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