Características clínicas, bases celulares y moleculares de la hipertensión arterial del anciano / Clinical characteristics, cellular and molecular basis of hypertension in elderly

ABSTRACT

The prevalence of arterial hypertensión (AH) increases with ageing,and, on the other hand, it acquires a series of clinical characteristicsthat differentiates it from AH in young persons or in subjects in averageages of the life. In the present article we will study several cellularor molecular mechanisms, which relate AH and aging. Moreover, wewill discuss certain clinical peculiarities of AH in the elderly such asthe relation with arterial stiffness and with isolated systolic hypertension.We will finalize proposing objectives of control of blood pressurein the elderly as well as marking strategies to delay, or prevent, the development of this, not always well-known, form of AH (AU)