High Blood Pressure Increases the Risk of Poor Outcome at Discharge and 12-month Follow-up in Patients with Symptomatic Intracranial Large Artery Stenosis and Occlusions: Subgroup analysis of the CICAS Study.

CONCLUSIONS: For patients with severe intracranial arterial stenosis or occlusion, higher hypertension stages are associated with an increased risk of poor outcome at discharge and 12-month follow-up.
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Source: CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics - April 28, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Yu DD, Pu YH, Pan YS, Zou XY, Soo Y, Leung T, Liu LP, Wang DZ, Wong KS, Wang YL, Wang YJ, Chinese Intracranial Atherosclerosis (CICAS) Study Group Tags: CNS Neurosci Ther Source Type: research