Geriatrics is an important discipline in modern medicine, and cardiovascular disease is one of the diseases with high morbidity and mortality among the elderly. The main risk factors are: hypertension: hypertension and hypercholesterolemia are the main risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Available data fully demonstrate that both men and women, regardless of age group, regardless of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, are significantly and positively associated with the incidence of cardiovascular disease and mortality. Among the 45- to 74-year-olds who died of cardiovascular disease, 73% of men and 81% of women had some degree of prior hypertension.