What's the ideal blood pressure target after ischemic stroke?

Updated February 6 2026:

The 2026 updated AHA guidelines advise:

Not targeting systolic BP <140 mm Hg for mild-moderate severity ischemic strokes (<180 mm Hg appears to be a reasonable goal), and especially not for patients who are status post successful thrombectomy of a large vessel occlusion in the anterior circulation, for whom aggressive BP reductio…