New findings suggest that normalizing blood pressure (BP) levels after a first stroke lowers the risk of recurrent stroke for elderly patients. Monitoring BP levels in 254 ischemic stroke patients over a period of approximately 5 years, researchers discovered that those with high post-stroke BP...
Blood pressure levels and stroke: J-curve phenomenon? Curr Hypertens Rep 2013; 15: 575-81.Malyszko J, Muntner P, Rysz J, Banach M (2013) Blood pres- sure levels and stroke--J-curve phenomenon? Curr Hypertens Rep 15(6):575-581
The large national prospective study highlights the need to raise awareness among young and middle-aged Black adults about the impact ofhigh blood pressure, called hypertension, onstroke, the research team said. "What we found striking in this study was that the incidence of stroke began to incr...
while hemorrhagic strokes are treated by attempts to stop the bleeding in the brain, control high blood pressure, and reduce brain swelling. Hemorrhagic strokes are more difficult to treat
Strokes caused by bleeding in or around the. These are “hemorrhagic” strokes. They tend to be more serious and deadlier than clot-based ones. A weak blood vessel breaks open, usually because of ananeurysm, a spot that has ballooned up from pressure. High blood pressure damages arteries and...
"We demonstrated that the association of high blood pressure with stroke varies with age, strengthening from young adulthood to midlife," Gerber said in a statement. "This stresses the need for early public health interventions to maintain optimal blood pressure levels in young adulthood, particularly...
Changing Patterns of Stroke and Subtypes Attributable to High Systolic Blood Pressure in China From 1990 to 2019(PMID: 38047351) 从1990年到2019年,中国因收缩压高引起的脑卒中负担因亚型和性别而异。出血性卒中的年龄标准化死亡...
Blood pressure control and risk of stroke in untreated and treated hypertensive patients screened from clinical practice: results of the ForLife study. OBJECTIVES: Stroke has a high prevalence in Italy, and is the third cause of death worldwide. Hypertension is the most important risk factor ...
You may also need medicines to treat high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or diabetes. Thrombolysis is a procedure used to break apart clots in an artery. A catheter is guided into the artery until it is near the clot. Medicine is put through the catheter that will help break apart the...
High blood pressure is a known risk factor for multi-infarct dementia, a subtype of dementia caused by the occurrence of several strokes. However, this form of dementia is relatively uncommon and the influence of blood pressure on the ri... C Tzourio,C Anderson - 《Journal of Hypertension ...