Blood pressure level and outcomes in adults aged 65 and older with prior ischemic stroke

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1309-1316

  Kaplan, Robert C ^a   Tirschwell, David L ^b   Longstreth Jr , W T ^b   Manolio, Teri A ^c   Heckbert, Susan R ^b   LeValley, Aaron J ^a   Lefkowitz, David ^d   El Saed, Aiman ^e   Psaty, Bruce M ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Prognosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33748428874     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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