1. Blood Pressure Lowering for the Secondary Prevention of Stroke
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Shunsuke Funakoshi, Miki Kawazoe, Kazuhiro Tada, Makiko Abe, Hisatomi Arima, Tianyu Xu, and Xiaoxia Fu
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Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,RC666-701 - Abstract
Abstract. Hypertension is one of the most important modifiable risk factors for stroke, and greater than 50% of all stroke events are estimated to be attributable to elevated blood pressure (BP). Randomized trials and meta-analyses have demonstrated that reducing BP is the most effective and generalizable strategy for preventing recurrent stroke. Based on currently available evidence, BP should be reduced to below 140/90 mmHg in all patients during the chronic post-stroke phase and to below 130/80 mmHg when well-tolerated.
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- 2022
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