[Therapeutic strategy for morning blood pressure elevation in elderly hypertensives]

Abstract

Although the cardiovascular events such as stroke, angina pectoris and myocardial infarction can occur at any time of day, it has been known that the peak incidence of the cardiovascular events increases during the morning period. In elderly hypertensives, a greater morning blood pressure surge is associated with an advanced silent cerebrovascular disease as well as a higher incidence of stroke. Thus, the blood pressure control of the early morning period may become an important therapeutic strategy for preventing the cardiovascular events. In this review, we focused on the recent strategy for morning blood pressure rising in the elderly hypertensives.