Age determines the effects of blood pressure lowering during the acute phase of ischemic stroke: The TICA study

Hypertension

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 769-774

  Leira, Rogelio ^a   Millán, Mónica ^b   Díez Tejedor, Exuperio ^c   Blanco, Miguel ^a   Serena, Joaquín ^d   Fuentes, Blanca ^c   Rodríguez Yáñez, Manuel ^a   Castellanos, Mar ^d   Lago, Aida ^e   Dávalos, Antonio ^b   Castillo, José ^a  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Blood pressure; Ischemic stroke; Prognosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349695856     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.133546     Document Type: Article

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