Blood pressure and antihypertensive therapy as predictors of early outcome in acute ischemic stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 202-208

  Keezer, Mark R ^a   Yu, Amy Y X ^a   Zhu, Bin ^a   Wolfson, Christina ^a   Côté, Robert ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Brain infarction; Clinical management of stroke; Hypertension; Prediction of outcome; Stroke prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CLONIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; METHYLDOPA; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41349109956     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113857     Document Type: Article

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