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SUBMITTER: Xu T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5785332 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of hypertension 20170601 6
<h4>Objective</h4>The optimal time to initiate antihypertensive therapy among patients with acute ischemic stroke remains uncertain. We tested the effects of blood pressure reduction among patients with acute ischemic stroke according to time from onset to initiation of antihypertensive treatment.<h4>Methods</h4>We randomly assigned 4071 acute ischemic stroke patients with elevated SBP to receive antihypertensive treatment or to discontinue all antihypertensive medications during hospitalization ...[more]