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JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION
卷 39, 期 1, 页码 90-100出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002621
关键词
arterial stiffness; assessment; cognition; dementia; hypertension; hypertension-mediated organ damage; prevention
The European Societies of Hypertension and Cardiology guidelines have recognized cognitive function decline as a hypertension-mediated organ damage, which can be the only hypertension-mediated organ damage in over 30% of hypertensive patients. It is crucial for the medical community to have a pragmatic approach to identify and treat these patients early. Moreover, there is a clear connection between exposure to high blood pressure and the development of cognitive decline, making it necessary to standardize clinical evaluation and treatment practices for hypertensive patients, especially in older populations.
The guidelines on hypertension recently published by the European Societies of Hypertension and Cardiology, have acknowledged cognitive function (and its decline) as a hypertension-mediated organ damage. In fact, brain damage can be the only hypertension-mediated organ damage in more than 30% of hypertensive patients, evolving undetected for several years if not appropriately screened; as long as undetected it cannot provide either corrective measures, nor adequate risk stratification of the hypertensive patient. The medical community dealing with older hypertensive patients should have a simple and pragmatic approach to early identify and precisely treat these patients. Both hypertension and cognitive decline are undeniably growing pandemics in developed or epidemiologically transitioning societies. Furthermore, there is a clear-cut connection between exposure to the increased blood pressure and development of cognitive decline. Therefore, a group of experts in the field from the European Society of Hypertension and from the European Geriatric Medicine Society gathered together to answer practical clinical questions that often face the physician when dealing with their hypertensive patients in a routine clinical practice. They elaborated a decision-making approach to help standardize such clinical evaluation.
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