157 – High Blood Pressure in Aging: When to Treat & Why It Matters
Update: 2025-03-27
Description
In This Episode:
Dr. K explains what blood pressure numbers really mean, what’s normal BP in older adults and what’s considered too high, and why managing hypertension is so important for long-term health. She also talks about what causes high blood pressure and what to do if you’re concerned.
She covers:
- What is blood pressure?
- Defining hypertension
- How to accurately measure BP
- What causes high blood pressure?
- Signs and symptoms of high BP
- How high is too high for BP?
- The concept of a “BP” goal
Related episode:
Related Resources:
- What the Blood Pressure Guidelines — & Research — Mean For Older Adults
- ACC/AHA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults (2017)
- 2023 European Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension
- 2023 ESH Hypertension Guideline Update: Bringing Us Closer Together Across the Pond
- Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT): A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control
- Important Blood Pressure Studies: What to Know About SPRINT-Senior & Other Research
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