The dynamics of isolated systolic hypertension during the 10-year period of geriatric treatment.

The aim of the study was to analyse the course of isolated systolic hypertension in old age and its influence upon quoad vitam prognosis. A group of 100 persons over 60 was chosen and observed systematically for the period of 10 years in the geriatric out-patients centre. On the basis of pattern of arterial pressure in the 10-year-period the patients were qualified into several types of hypertension.