... aging and atherosclerosis are a loss of elasticity and distensibility. This results in a decrease in arterial compliance or capacitance, which in turn means that with increasing age systolic blood pressure (SBP) tends to be higher, and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) lower. As a consequence of structural...

...Michael Kunze Noncompliance is not a specific problem of old people but extremely important for them and for their doctors. This statement refers primarily to therapeutic compliance (or adherence) but also to preventive compliance – adherence to recommendations and medical advices dealing...

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