Antihypertensive Drug Use, Blood Pressure Variability, and Incident Stroke Risk in Older Adults: Three-City Cohort Study [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions— The angiotensin receptor blocker and β-blocker drug classes were associated with incident stroke and ischemic stroke in older adults. BPV was generally not associated with incident stroke.

http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/short/47/5/1194?rss=1

Source: Stroke - April 24, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Tully, P. J., Debette, S., Dartigues, J.-F., Helmer, C., Artero, S., Tzourio, C. Tags: High Blood Pressure, Hypertension, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke, Ischemic Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research