A pilot randomized trial of induced blood pressure elevation: Effects on function and focal perfusion in acute and subacute stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 236-246

  Hillis, Argye E ^a,c   Ulatowski, J A ^a   Barker, P B ^a   Torbey, M ^a   Ziai, W ^a   Beauchamp, N J ^a   Oh, S ^b   Wityk, R J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Cerebrovascular disease stroke; Hemispatial neglect

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUDROCORTISONE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDODRINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0042242918     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071122     Document Type: Article

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