High blood pressure in early acute stroke: A sign of a poor outcome?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 381-386

  Abboud, Halim ^a   Labreuche, Julien ^a   Plouin, François ^b   Amarenco, Pierre ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Blood pressure; Outcome; Stroke recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 33644792610     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000200516.33194.e3     Document Type: Article

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