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Abstract
Hypertension has been termed the silent killer, its asymptomatic chronic disorder that if undetected and untreated, silently damages the blood vessels, heart, brain, and kidneys.
Aging is an inevitable part of life and brings along two inconvenient events: physiologic decline and disease state.
Hypertension in the elderly is a major risk factor for both ischemic stroke and cerebral hemorrhage.
ABPM is considered the gold standard for measuring blood pressure by clinicians worldwide.It provides valuable diagnostic information that in-clinic and home blood pressure monitoring systems are incapable of measuring.
The aim of this study is to detect the role of 24hrs ABPM data in prediction of neuropsychiatric changes as a target organ damage in elderly hypertensive patients.
The current study was conducted at Minia University hospital during the period from March 2012 to March 2013.