Blood pressure, nimodipine, and outcome of ischemic stroke

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 200-204

  Fogelholm, R ^a,d   Palomaki H ^a   Erila T ^b   Rissanen, A ^c   Kaste, M ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Blood pressure; Nimodipine; Stroke outcome

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG FATALITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIMODIPINE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1442300771     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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