Why the study?
Does controlling diastolic pressure reduce the risk of second stroke in patients with an initial stroke?
Does controlling diastolic pressure reduce the risk of second stroke in patients with an initial stroke?
Controlling diastolic blood pressure after an initial stroke substantially reduces the risk of stroke recurrence.
May support diastolic BP control after stroke; hypothesis-generating and requires RCT confirmation before practice change.
History of hypertension and elevated measured diastolic pressure after the initial stroke were associated with an increased risk of second stroke. Controlling diastolic pressure substantially reduced this risk.
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Alter et al. (1994) studied this question.
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