Is Blood Pressure Control for Stroke Prevention the Correct Goal?: The Lost Opportunity of Preventing Hypertension

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1595-1600

  Howard, George ^a   Banach, MacIej ^b   Cushman, Mary ^c   Goff, David C ^d   Howard, Virginia J ^a   Lackland, Daniel T ^e   McVay, Jim ^f   Meschia, James F ^f   Muntner, Paul ^a   Oparil, Suzanne ^g   Rightmyer, Melanie ^h   Taylor, Herman A ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

ⁱ MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hypertension; prevention and control; risk factors; stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PREHYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84942876708     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009128     Document Type: Article

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