Intensive blood-pressure lowering in patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage

In this randomized trial involving patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, intensive reduction in systolic blood pressure to a target of 110 to 139 mm Hg did not result in a lower rate of death or disability than standard reduction to a target of 140 to 179 mm Hg.

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Main Authors: Qureshi, Adnan (Author) , Steiner, Thorsten (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 15 September 2016
In: The New England journal of medicine
Year: 2016, Volume: 375, Issue: 11, Pages: 1033-1043
ISSN:1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1603460
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1603460
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Author Notes:Adnan I. Qureshi, Yuko Y. Palesch, William G. Barsan, Daniel F. Hanley, Chung Y. Hsu, Renee L. Martin, Claudia S. Moy, Robert Silbergleit, Thorsten Steiner, Jose I. Suarez, Kazunori Toyoda, Yongjun Wang, Haruko Yamamoto, and Byung-Woo Yoon
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Summary:In this randomized trial involving patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, intensive reduction in systolic blood pressure to a target of 110 to 139 mm Hg did not result in a lower rate of death or disability than standard reduction to a target of 140 to 179 mm Hg.
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ISSN:1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1603460