Hypertension is the most important modifiable risk factor for ischemic ... therapy in the acute phase of stroke is beneficial.This review summarizes previous reports on blood pressure management ...

Results from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) have supported lower blood pressure targets among community-dwelling older adults with hypertension to reduce the risk of ...

A prehospital blood test may rapidly distinguish between ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, potentially enabling more timely, ...

Researchers continue to advance the science to determine best treatments for stroke. Based on an international study of 530 patients, researchers discovered that while the clot retrieval procedure ...

For patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) whose symptoms began 4.5 to 24 hours earlier, alteplase is associated with a higher percentage of patients achieving a score of 0 or 1 on the modified ...

and diastolic blood pressure −2.58 mm Hg (95% CI −4.7 to −0.46) compared with control. Reduction in SBP was most pronounced among studies initiating exercise within 6 months of stroke or TIA (−8.46 mm ...

In ischemic stroke, you need to open the blocked blood vessel with clot-busting drugs or physically remove the clot. In contrast, in a bleeding stroke, you need to lower increased blood pressure ...

Intensive BP lowering after successful endovascular thrombectomy for acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke did not improve 90-day functional outcomes vs. standard BP control, a speaker ...

An acute stroke, like most forms of stroke, starts suddenly and worsens rapidly. Some strokes may be preceded by a transient ischemic attack (TIA), a temporary stroke that resolves before causing ...

high blood pressure and diabetes, researchers linked the estrogen-progestin pill — known colloquially as the birth control pill — to twice the risk of ischemic stroke and heart attack.

A medication often used to treat high blood pressure and prevent migraines was associated with a reduction in ischemic stroke risk among women using the drug for migraine prevention, according to a ...