Arterial hypertension treatment in octogenarians with dementia according to ESC/ESH-2018: Three-year follow-up.

Objective: To determine the control of systolic blood pressure (SBP) retrospectively according to the recommendations of the ESC/ESH-2018 guideline and its relationship with mortality in octogenarian patients with dementia.

Patients And Methods: Preliminary, longitudinal, observational, retrospective study, including 65 patients ≥80 years with diagnosis of dementia and arterial hypertension admitted to a psychogeriatric unit during 2015. The main variables were SBP control according to the recommendations of the ESC/ESH-2018 guideline, considering desirable SBP (130-139mmHg), undesirable SBP (suboptimal <130mmHg and elevated SBP ≥140mmHg) and mortality at 3 years in patients with antihypertensive treatment at discharge (n = 53).