Mortality and Cardiovascular Events Are Best Predicted by Low Central/Peripheral Pulse Pressure Amplification But Not by High Blood Pressure Levels in Elderly Nursing Home Subjects: The PARTAGE (Predictive Values of Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Institutionalized Very Aged Population) Study - BENETOS, Athanase; GAUTIER, Sylvie; MANCKOUNDIA, Patrick; ROLLAND, Yves; HANON, Olivier; PERRET-GUILLAUME, Christine; LACOLLEY, Patrick; SAFAR, Michel E; GUILLEMIN, Francis; LABAT, Carlos; SALVI, Paolo; VALBUSA, Filippo; et al. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2012)
Keywords: Aged, 80 and over; Arterial hypertension. Arterial hypotension; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Blood Pressure; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology; Female; France - epidemiology; Humans; Italy - epidemiology; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medical sciences; Nursing Homes; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Pulse Wave Analysis; France; Italy; Human; Hypertension; Prognosis; Mortality; Pulse; Cardiovascular disease; Artery; Amplification; Low pressure; Predictive value; Population; Arterial pressure; Level; Blood pressure; Stiffness; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Homes for the aged; Predictive factor; Elderly