What do we (not) know about the management of blood pressure in acute stroke?

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 505-509

  Verstappen, Annick ^a   Thijs, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CANDESARTAN HEXETIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EPHEDRINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MAGNESIUM; NICARDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PERINDOPRIL; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; PROSTACYCLIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 9744225160     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-004-0076-7     Document Type: Review

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