Systolic blood pressure as a predictor of transient ischemic attack/minor stroke in emergency department patients under age 80: a prospective cohort study

Systolic blood pressure as a predictor of transient ischemic attack/minor stroke in emergency department patients under age 80: a prospective cohort study

Abstract Background Elevated blood pressure (BP) at emergency department (ED) presentation and advancing age have been associated with risk of ischemic stroke; however, the relationship between BP, age, and transient ischemic attack/minor stroke (TIA/MS) is not clear. Methods A multi-site, prospecti...

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Main Authors: Andrew M. Penn, Nicole S. Croteau, Kristine Votova, Colin Sedgwick, Robert F. Balshaw, Shelagh B. Coutts, Melanie Penn, Kaitlin Blackwood, Maximilian B. Bibok, Viera Saly, Janka Hegedus, Amy Y. X. Yu, Charlotte Zerna, Evgenia Klourfeld, Mary L. Lesperance
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Transient ischemic attack
TIA
Minor stroke
Blood pressure
Emergency medicine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-019-1466-4

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