Ten most important things to learn from the ACCF/AHA 2011 expert consensus document on hypertension in the elderly

Abstract

The American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association 2011 Expert Consensus Document on Hypertension in the Elderly has been published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and in Circulation, and will be published in the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension and the Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. This document has also been developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology, the American Geriatrics Society, the American Society of Preventive Cardiology, the American Society of Hypertension, the American Society of Nephrology, the Association of Black Cardiologists, and the European Society of Hypertension. The present article is a short summary emphasizing the 10 most important things to learn from this document.

Key Words::

• antihypertensive therapy
• blood pressure
• elderly
• hypertension

Declaration of Interest: Drs Aronow and Banach have no conflicts of interest. No funding was provided for preparation of this manuscript.