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SUMMARY:Antihypertensive medication in normotensive elderly patients: a wa
 y forward in the prevention of dementia? - Professor Paul R Gard\, Univers
 ity of Brighton\, Brighton\, United Kingdom
DTSTART:20170223T083000Z
DTEND:20170223T090000Z
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CONTACT:Ilana Spilka
DESCRIPTION:There is good evidence that hypertension and impaired cognitio
 n are related\, and as such poor control of blood pressure is associated w
 ith increased prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.  Not all a
 ntihypertensive medications\, however\, are equivalent in their positive c
 ognitive effects\, with evidence suggesting that some antihypertensives ma
 y improve cognition independent of their blood pressure lowering effects. 
  Furthermore angiotensin receptor antagonists have been shown to improve c
 ognition in healthy\, young\, normotensive volunteers and clinical trials 
 are ongoing to assess the effects of one of these drugs in normotensive el
 derly volunteers.  This session will discuss the evidence underlying these
  statements and challenge the guidelines for the treatment of hypertension
  in older patients even before the onset of mild cognitive impairment.
LOCATION:Online
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