Should Hypertension be Treated After Acute Stroke?: A Randomized Controlled Trial Using Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 1993, Pages 855-862

  Lisk, Durodami R ^a   Grotta, James C ^a   Lamki, Lamk M ^a   Tran, Huyen D ^a   Taylor, Jordan W ^a   Molony, Donald A ^a   Barron, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; CLONIDINE; NICARDIPINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0027213911     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1993.00540080060015     Document Type: Article

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