Blood pressure management in acute stroke: A long-standing debate

European Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 123-135

  Spengos, Konstantinos ^a   Tsivgoulis, Georgios ^a   Zakopoulos, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Blood pressure; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CANDESARTAN HEXETIL; CAPTOPRIL; CLONIDINE; DIHYDRALAZINE; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOPAMINE; ENALAPRIL; ESMOLOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL; NICARDIPINE; NIFEDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; PERINDOPRIL; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPRANOLOL; RAMIPRIL; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; URAPIDIL; VASODILATOR AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; TACHYCARDIA;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; OBSERVATION; PUBMED;

EID: 33745273883     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093212     Document Type: Review

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