Early Blood Pressure Lowering Does Not Reduce Growth of Intraventricular Hemorrhage following Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Results of the INTERACT Studies

Early Blood Pressure Lowering Does Not Reduce Growth of Intraventricular Hemorrhage following Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Results of the INTERACT Studies

Background: Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) extension is common following acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and is associated with poor prognosis. Aim: To determine whether intensive blood pressure (BP)-lowering therapy reduces IVH growth. Methods: Pooled analyses of the Intensive Blood Pressur...

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Main Authors: Edward Chan, Craig S. Anderson, Xia Wang, Hisatomi Arima, Anubhav Saxena, Tom J. Moullaali, Candice Delcourt, Guojun Wu, Jinchao Wang, Guofang Chen, Pablo M. Lavados, Christian Stapf, Thompson Robinson, John Chalmers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2016-09-01
Series:Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra
Subjects:
Hypertension
Intensive blood pressure lowering
Stroke
Intracerebral hemorrhage
Intraventricular hemorrhage
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/448897

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