Is Blood Pressure Lowering in the Very Elderly With Previous Stroke Associated With a Higher Risk of Adverse Events?

Is Blood Pressure Lowering in the Very Elderly With Previous Stroke Associated With a Higher Risk of Adverse Events?

Background We investigated whether blood pressure lowering for secondary prevention is associated with a reduction in recurrent stroke risk and/or a higher risk of adverse events in very elderly compared with younger trial participants. Methods and Results This is a random effects meta‐analysis of r...

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Main Authors: Damien Tharmaratnam, Christopher C. Karayiannis, Taya A. Collyer, Hisatomi Arima, Leslie A. McClure, John Chalmers, Craig S. Anderson, Oscar R. Benavente, Carole L. White, Ale Algra, Chris Moran, Thanh G. Phan, Wei C. Wang, Velandai Srikanth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-12-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
blood pressure
elderly
hypertension
secondary prevention
stroke
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.022240

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