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The Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on Antihypertensive Agents. Implications for Stroke Prevention

Author(s) -

Edward D. Freis

Publication year - 1974

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/01.str.5.1.76

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , blood pressure , incidence (geometry) , population , physical therapy , cardiology , emergency medicine , environmental health , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering

The Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on Antihyperten- sive Agents. Implications for Stroke Prevention • Hypertension and atherosclerosis are the leading causes of stroke. The risk of stroke is directly related to the height of the blood pressure. The Veterans Administration Cooperative Study included 523 male patients. If the results of two subgroups (115 to 129 mm Hg and 90 to 114 mm Hg initial diastolic) are combined, the total incidence of stroke was 25 in the control group and six in the treated group. In addition to widespread lack of awareness of the medical profession of the benefits of treat- ment, there also is a failure of detection of hypertension in large segments of our population. There is need for greater professional as well as public education concerning hypertension.

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