Does antihypertensive drug treatment reduce the incidence of stroke in elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension?
Treating isolated systolic hypertension to specific blood pressure goals reduces the risk of both hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes in the elderly.
In this study, antihypertensive drug treatment reduced the incidence of both hemorrhagic and ischemic (including lacunar) strokes. Reduction in stroke incidence occurred when specific systolic blood pressure goals were attained. JAMA. 2000;284:465-471
Perry Hm (Wed,) studied this question.
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