Effects of Immediate Blood Pressure Reduction on Death and Major Disability in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke

He, Jiang; Zhang, Yonghong; Xu, Tan; Zhao, Qi; Wang, Dali; Chen, Chung-Shiuan; Tong, Weijun; Liu, Changjie; Xu, Tian; Ju, Zhong; Peng, Yanbo; Peng, Hao; Li, Qunwei; Geng, Deqin; Zhang, Jintao; Dong, Li; Zhang, Fengshan; Guo, Libing; Sun, Yingxian; Wang, Xuemei; Cui, Yong; Li, Yongqiu; Ma, Dihui; Yang, Guang; Gao, Yanjun; Yuan, Xiaodong; Bazzano, Lydia; Chen, Jing

doi:10.1001/jama.2013.282543

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Effects of Immediate Blood Pressure Reduction on Death and Major Disability in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke

Published in JAMA • Feb 4, 2014

Authors:

Jiang He

Yonghong Zhang

Tan Xu

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Although the benefit of reducing blood pressure for primary and secondary prevention of stroke has been established, the effect of antihypertensive treatment in patients with acute ischemic stroke is uncertain. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether immediate blood pressure reduction in patients...

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Medicine

Blood pressure

Stroke (engine)

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