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Significant Reductions in Mortality and Cardiovascular Events Shown Using Blood Pressure-Lowering Treatment in Those Aged 80 and Over

Date:3/31/2008

patients was just over 2 years by which time 20% of the placebo subjects and 48% of those taking medication had achieved the target blood pressure of 150/80 mmHg. In those patients who were followed up for longer, a larger number of patients receiving active treatment achieved the target blood pressure.

HYVET was co-ordinated by scientists from Imperial College London, working with colleagues around the world. The main trial was funded by both the British Heart Foundation and by Servier.

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1. About high blood pressure and stroke

- Stroke is the third most common cause of death in England and Wales. In 2004, 11% of deaths amongst those aged 75-84, and 14% of deaths amongst those aged over 85 were due to stroke, according to the Office of National Statistics.

- In the UK about 150,000 people suffer a stroke each year, the equivalent of 1 every 4 minutes.

- About one third of stroke patients die within 6 months of the event, the majority occurring in the first month.

- Disability after stroke is the most important single cause of severe disability of people living in their own homes.

- There are 2 types of stroke:

a. Haemorrhagic - caused by blood leaking into brain tissue from a blood vessel within the brain.

b. Ischaemic - caused by a clot occluding a blood vessel, resulting in loss of blood supply to a part of the brain and subsequent damage to brain tissue.

High blood pressure increases the chance of both a blood vessel leaking or rupturing, and of a clot forming within a blood vessel. High blood pressure increases the likelihood of damage to the lining of the blood vessel, which in turn leads to an increased chance of spontaneous clot formation within the blood vessel.

- The over 80s are the fastest growing group in the population worldwide - in the UK currently they account for 4% of the total population and this is expected to rise to over 11% by 2050.

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