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Specific aspects of high blood pressure in the elderly

Jacques Blacher

Internal Medicine Department, Broussais Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France

Michel Safar

Internal Medicine Department, Broussais Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France, michel.safar@ brs.ap-hop-paris.fr

Key Words: hypertension • elderly • epidemiology • haemodynamic • pulse pressure • arterial stiffness • wave reflections • cardiovascular risk

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Journal of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System, Vol. 3, No. 1 suppl, S10-S15 (2002)
DOI: 10.3317/jraas.2002.025
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