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

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

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Sep 21, 2023
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Blood pressure often rises during acute ischemic strokes, in what is widely considered a natural protective mechanism: increased blood pressure pushes more blood through and around stenotic blood vessels into areas of injured, oxygen-starved brain. This process is hypothesized to reduce further ischemic injury that would occur if blood pressure were to …

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