Why the study?
Does isolated diastolic hypotension increase the risk of incident heart failure in older adults?
Population
5376 Medicare-eligible community-dwelling adults age ≥65 years, free of prevalent heart failure at baseline…
Comparison
Isolated diastolic hypotension vs Without isolated diastolic hypotension
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
>12 years median
Authors
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May warrant closer HF monitoring in older adults; leaves open whether isolated diastolic hypotension is causal or modifiable.
Does isolated diastolic hypotension increase the risk of incident heart failure in older adults?
Isolated diastolic hypotension is a significant independent risk factor for incident heart failure in community-dwelling older adults.
Guichard et al. (2011) studied this question.
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