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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">systhiper</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Системные гипертензии</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Systemic Hypertension</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2075-082X</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2542-2189</issn><publisher><publisher-name>LLC «ИнтерМедсервис»</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26442/2075082X.2020.1.200039</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">systhiper-883</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ОБЗОР</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>REVIEW</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Доказательная база в отношении целевых уровней артериального давления у пациентов, перенесших инсульт: фокус на гериатрическую популяцию</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Evidence base regarding target levels of arterial pressure in patients after a stroke: focus on a geriatric population</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0795-8225</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Остроумова</surname><given-names>О. Д.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Ostroumova</surname><given-names>O. D.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><sec><title>Ольга Дмитриевна Остроумова</title><p>д-р мед. наук, зав. каф. терапии и полиморбидной патологии</p></sec></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Olga D. Ostroumova</title><p>D. Sci. (Med.)</p></sec></bio><email xlink:type="simple">ostroumova.olga@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3091-7904</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Черняева</surname><given-names>М. С.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Herniaeva</surname><given-names>M. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><sec><title>Марина Сергеевна Черняева</title><p>канд. мед. наук, доц. каф. внутренних болезней и профилактической медицины</p></sec></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Marina S. Cherniaeva</title><p>Cand. Sci. (Med.)</p></sec></bio><email xlink:type="simple">Pilya.ru@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБОУ ДПО «Российская медицинская академия непрерывного профессионального образования» Минздрава России</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБУ ДПО «Центральная государственная медицинская академия» Управления делами Президента РФ</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Central State Medical Academy of the President of the Russian Federation</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2020</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>27</day><month>06</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>17</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>51</fpage><lpage>61</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Остроумова О.Д., Черняева М.С., 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Остроумова О.Д., Черняева М.С.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Ostroumova O.D., herniaeva M.S.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.syst-hypertension.ru/jour/article/view/883">https://www.syst-hypertension.ru/jour/article/view/883</self-uri><abstract><p>Артериальная гипертензия (АГ) является весьма значимым и самым распространенным фактором риска развития инсульта, а снижение артериального давления (АД) – наиболее эффективное действие для предотвращения инсульта у пациентов с АГ. Данная статья представляет обзор существующих рандомизированных контролируемых исследований (РКИ) и метаанализов по изучению оптимальных целевых уровней АД у пациентов с АГ и церебральными событиями в анамнезе с фокусом на гериатрическую популяцию. В результате анализа литературных данных получены противоречивые результаты: РКИ показали преимущества более низких целевых АД, лишь в 2 из них целевой уровень систолического АД (САД) был менее 130 мм рт. ст., причем средний возраст пациентов, включенных в РКИ, варьировал от 60 до 68 лет, число лиц старше 75 лет было незначительным, а некоторые исследования исключали пациентов старше 85 лет. Ряд субанализов, проанализированных РКИ, обнаружил J-образную кривую взаимосвязи между достигнутыми уровнями АД и риском развития неблагоприятных сердечно-сосудистых событий. Один из них показал, что при снижении АД ниже САД – 120 мм рт. ст. и ДАД – 65 мм рт. ст. более высокое АД ассоциировано с более низким риском развития неблагоприятных сердечно-сосудистых событий. Другой продемонстрировал, что риск повторного инсульта и риск последующих неблагоприятных событий статистически значимо выше у пациентов со средним уровнем САД ниже 120 мм рт. ст., чем у больных с уровнем САД 130–139 мм рт. ст. Опубликованный в Кокрановской базе метаанализ не показал значимых преимуществ снижения АД&lt;130/85 мм рт. ст. против стандартного снижения АД&lt;140–160/90–100 мм рт. ст., тогда как другой метаанализ выявил некоторые преимущества более интенсивного снижения АД для профилактики повторного инсульта. Существующие исследования не учитывали гетерогенность гериатрической популяции и не включали больных с синдромом старческой астении и полиморбидных пациентов, а также не учитывали тип перенесенного инсульта для выработки дифференцированного подхода к тактике снижения АД у пациентов всех возрастных групп. Поэтому в отношении рекомендованных экспертами ЕОК/ЕОАГ (Европейское общество кардиологов/Европейское общество артериальной гипертонии) в 2018 г. целевые уровни АД 120–129/70–79 мм рт. ст. (в возрасте 18–65 лет) и 130–139/70–79 мм рт. ст. (в возрасте 65 лет и старше) для пациентов с АГ и церебральными событиями в анамнезе, сохраняются определенные сомнения относительно преимуществ более низких целевых значений АД для профилактики повторного инсульта и других неблагоприятных сердечно-сосудистых событий для всей популяции гериатрических пациентов, особенно пациентов старше 75 лет, что требует организации специально спланированных рандомизированных исследований.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Arterial hypertension (AH) is a very significant and most common risk factor for stroke, and lowering blood pressure (BP) is the most effective action to prevent stroke in patients with AH. This article provides an overview of existing randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and meta-analyzes to study the optimal target BP levels in patients with AH and cerebral events with a history of focusing on the geriatric population. As a result of the analysis of literature data, we obtained contradictory results: RCTs showed the benefits of lower target BP, in only two of them the target level of systolic BP (SBP) was less than 130 mm Hg, and the average age of patients included in the RCTs varied from 60 to 68 years, the number of patients older than 75 years was insignificant, and some studies excluded patients older than 85 years. Several subanalyses analyzed by RCTs found a J-shaped relationship between BP levels achieved and the risk of adverse cardiovascular events. One of them showed that with a decrease in BP below the SBP – 120 mm Hg and DBP – 65 mm Hg higher BP was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular events. Another one showed that the risk of re-stroke and the risk of subsequent adverse events was statistically significantly higher in patients with an average level of SBP below 120 mm Hg than in patients with a level of SBP of 130–139 mm Hg. The meta-analysis published in the Cochrane database did not show significant advantages of lowering BP&lt;130/85 mm Hg versus standard lowering BP&lt;140–160/90–100 mm Hg, while another meta-analysis revealed some advantages of a more intense decrease in BP for the prevention of re-stroke. Existing studies did not take into account the heterogeneity of the geriatric population and did not include patients with fraility and multimorbidity patients, and did not take into account the type of stroke to develop a differentiated approach to the tactics of lowering BP in patients of all age groups. Therefore, in relation to the recommended ESC/ESH experts in 2018, target BP levels of 120–129/70–79 mm Hg (aged 18–65 years) and 130–139/70–79 mmHg (aged ≥65 years) for patients with AH and a history of cerebral events, there are still some doubts about the benefits of lower target BP values for the prevention of re-stroke and other cardiovascular events for the entire population of geriatric patients, especially patients older than 75, so specially designed randomized controlled trials are needed.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>артериальная гипертензия</kwd><kwd>инсульт</kwd><kwd>целевые уровни артериального давления</kwd><kwd>пожилые и очень пожилые пациенты</kwd><kwd>вторичная профилактика инсульта</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>arterial hypertension</kwd><kwd>stroke</kwd><kwd>target blood pressure</kwd><kwd>old and very old patients</kwd><kwd>secondary stroke prevention</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension. 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