Affiliation:
1. Astrakhan State Medical University
2. Omsk State Medical University
Abstract
Arterial hypertension is one of the main risk factors for the development of complications of
diseases of the cardiovascular system, the prevalence of which increases with age. The mechanisms of
increasing blood pressure in old age are different, the most significant of them is an increase in the stiffness of
the artery wall. Isolated systolic arterial hypertension holds a distinct place in elderly and senile patients. The
treatment of hypertension in patients of older age groups is much more difficult than in young and middleaged patients, due to the more frequent development of side effects of antihypertensive therapy, as well as the
lack of sufficient studies conducted in this category of patients.
Publisher
Astrakhan State Medical University