Outcome after acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in older patients: Effects of age, neurological deficit severity and blood pressure (BP) variations

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Giantin, Valter ^a   Semplicini, Andrea ^b   Franchin, Alessandro ^a   Simonato, Matteo ^a   Baccaglini, Kareen ^a   Attanasio, Francesca ^a   Toffanello, Elena D ^a   Manzato, Enzo ^a  

^a Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Ischemic stroke in elderly; Neurological outcome; Non invasive blood pressure monitoring

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953104678     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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