Características clínicas, bases celulares y moleculares de la hipertensión arterial del anciano

The prevalence of arterial hypertensión (AH) increases with ageing, and, on the other hand, it acquires a series of clinical characteristics that differentiates it from AH in young persons or in subjects in average ages of the life. In the present article we will study several cellular or molecular mechanisms, which relate AH and aging. Moreover, we will discuss certain clinical peculiarities of AH in the elderly such as the relation with arterial stiffness and with isolated systolic hypertension. We will finalize proposing objectives of control of blood pressure in the elderly as well as marking strategies to delay, or prevent, the development of this, not always well-known, form of AH.