What's the ideal blood pressure target after ischemic stroke?
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Blood pressure often rises during acute ischemic strokes, in what is widely held to be 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 remain at baseline. Within about 10 days after an acute ischemic stroke, blood pressure often spontaneously falls by as much as 20/10 mm Hg.
What's the ideal blood pressure target after ischemic stroke?
What's the ideal blood pressure target after…
What's the ideal blood pressure target after ischemic stroke?
Blood pressure often rises during acute ischemic strokes, in what is widely held to be 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 remain at baseline. Within about 10 days after an acute ischemic stroke, blood pressure often spontaneously falls by as much as 20/10 mm Hg.