Is Blood Pressure Lowering in the Very Elderly With Previous Stroke Associated With a Higher Risk of Adverse Events?

Authors :: Damien Tharmaratnam
Christopher C. Karayiannis
Taya A. Collyer
Hisatomi Arima
Leslie A. McClure
John Chalmers
Craig S. Anderson
Oscar R. Benavente
Carole L. White
Ale Algra
Chris Moran
Thanh G. Phan
Wei C. Wang
Velandai Srikanth
Source :: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 10, Iss 24 (2021)
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Wiley, 2021.
Abstract: Background We investigated whether blood pressure lowering for secondary prevention is associated with a reduction in recurrent stroke risk and/or a higher risk of adverse events in very elderly compared with younger trial participants. Methods and Results This is a random effects meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials of blood pressure lowering for secondary stroke prevention to evaluate age‐stratified (

Subjects :: blood pressure
elderly
hypertension
secondary prevention
stroke
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701

Language :: English
ISSN :: 20479980
Volume :: 10
Issue :: 24
Database :: Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: edsdoj.357f405c7acb4e87ada43e78b9edd0b2
Document Type :: article
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.022240

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