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Lowering systolic blood pressure does not increase stroke risk: an analysis of the SPRINT and ACCORD trial data

OBJECTIVE: Traditional neurology teaching states that when mean arterial pressure dips below a 60 mm Hg threshold, there is an increase in stroke risk due to cerebral hypoperfusion. The aim of this study was to determine whether intensive lowering of systolic blood pressure increases adverse cardiov...

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Autores principales: O'Conor, Ellen C., Wang, Jiajing, Gibney, Kyla D., Yu, Xinhua, Young, Garrett R., Jones, Tamekia, Alexandrov, Anne W., Johnson, Karen C., Cushman, William C., Tsao, Jack W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6331200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30656192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acn3.693