Telmisartan to Prevent Recurrent Stroke and Cardiovascular Events

Yusuf, Salim; Diener, Hans‐Christoph; L. Sacco, Ralph; Cotton, Daniel; Ôunpuu, Stephanie; A Lawton, William; Palesch, Yuko; H. Martin, Renée; W. Albers, Gregory; M. Bath, Philip; M. Bornstein, Natan; P.L. Chan, Bernard; Chen, Sien-Tsong; Cunha, Luı́s; Dahlöf, Björn; De Keyser, Jacques; A. Donnan, Geoffrey; J. Estol, Conrado; B. Gorelick, Philip; Gu, Vivian; Hermansson, Karin; Hilbrich, Lutz; Kaste, Markku; Lü, Chuanzhen; Machnig, Thomas; Pais, Prem; Roberts, Robin; Skvortsova, Veronika; Teal, Philip; Toni, Danilo; P. VanderMaelen, Cam; Voigt, Thor; A. Weber, Michael; Yoon, Byung‐Woo

doi:10.1056/nejmoa0804593

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Telmisartan to Prevent Recurrent Stroke and Cardiovascular Events

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Aug 27, 2008

Authors:

Salim Yusuf

Hans‐Christoph Diener

Ralph L. Sacco

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Prolonged lowering of blood pressure after a stroke reduces the risk of recurrent stroke. In addition, inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system in high-risk patients reduces the rate of subsequent cardiovascular events, including stroke. However, the effect of lowering of blood pressur...

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Telmisartan

Medicine

Stroke (engine)

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