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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Dinesh Tryambake, Dr Jiabao He, Dr Michael FirbankORCiD, Professor John O'Brien, Professor Andrew BlamireORCiD, Professor Gary Ford
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Hypertension is associated with reduced cerebral blood flow (CBF). Intensive (<130/80 mm Hg) blood pressure (BP) lowering in older people might give greater reduction in cardiovascular risk, but there are concerns that this might produce hypoperfusion which may precipitate falls and possibly stroke. We determined the effect of intensive compared with usual BP lowering on CBF in hypertensive older subjects. Individuals aged >70 years with a history of systolic hypertension on 1 or no BP lowering drugs were recruited from primary care (n=37; age, 75±4 years; systolic BP, >150 mm Hg) and randomized to receive intensive (target BP, <130/80 mm Hg) or usual (target BP, <140/85 mm Hg) BP lowering for 12 weeks, with reviews every 2 weeks. CBF, determined using 3T arterial spin labeling MRI, and 24-hour ambulatory BP were performed at baseline and after 12 weeks of treatment. Baseline BP (ambulatory or in clinic) and baseline gray matter CBF were not significantly different between the groups. After treatment, BP was reduced significantly in both groups but fell more in the intensive group (26/17 versus 15/5 mm Hg; P<0.01). Over the same period, gray matter CBF increased significantly in the intensive group (7±11 mL/min per 100 g; P=0.013) but was unchanged in the usual BP target group (−3±9 mL/min per 100 g; P=0.23); P<0.01 for comparison. Intensive BP lowering in older people with hypertension increases CBF, compared with BP lowering to usual target. These findings suggest hypertension in older people shifts the autoregulatory CBF curve rightward and downward and is reversible with BP lowering.
Author(s): Tryambake D, He J, Firbank MJ, O'Brien JT, Blamire AM, Ford GA
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Hypertension
Year: 2013
Volume: 61
Issue: 6
Pages: 1309-1315
Print publication date: 25/03/2013
ISSN (print): 0194-911X
ISSN (electronic): 1524-4563
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.200972
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.200972
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