Association of Systolic Blood Pressure with Progression of Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis

Background and Purpose Elevated blood pressure (BP) is associated with greater severity of intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) and increased risk of ischemic stroke. Because little is known about the relationship of maintained BP level with progression of symptomatic ICAS (sICAS), we evalua...

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Main Authors: Jong-Ho Park, Bruce Ovbiagele, Keun-Sik Hong, Sun U. Kwon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Stroke Society 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Stroke
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Online Access:http://www.j-stroke.org/upload/pdf/jos-2017-00136.pdf