Long-Term Fatal Outcomes in Subjects With Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack | Zendy

Alpesh B. Patel | Zendy; John B. Kostis | Zendy; Alan C. Wilson | Zendy; Michael L. Shea | Zendy; Sara Pressel | Zendy; Barry R. Davis | Zendy

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Long-Term Fatal Outcomes in Subjects With Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack

Author(s) -

Alpesh B. Patel,

John B. Kostis,

Alan C. Wilson,

Michael L. Shea,

Sara Pressel,

Barry R. Davis

Publication year - 2008

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/strokeaha.107.500777

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , ischemic stroke , term (time) , cardiology , transient (computer programming) , ischemia , emergency medicine , mechanical engineering , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , operating system

Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that hypertension increases the risk of stroke, and clinical trials have shown that antihypertensive therapy reduces this risk. Incident stroke was significantly decreased by treatment in the Systolic Hypertension in Elderly Program (SHEP) Trial, but the reduction in fatal events was not statistically significant.

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