Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Antihypertensive Drug Use, Blood Pressure Variability, and Stroke Risk in Older Adults: Three-City Cohort Study” | Zendy

Phillip J. Tully | Zendy; Stéphanie Debette | Zendy; Christophe Tzourio | Zendy

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Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Antihypertensive Drug Use, Blood Pressure Variability, and Stroke Risk in Older Adults: Three-City Cohort Study”

Author(s) -

Phillip J. Tully,

Stéphanie Debette,

Christophe Tzourio

Publication year - 2016

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.116.013720

Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , antihypertensive drug , stroke (engine) , cohort , stroke risk , cohort study , gerontology , ischemic stroke , mechanical engineering , ischemia , engineering

We thank Nagai et al1 for their commentary on our blood pressure variability (BPV) study, which reported that β-blocker and angiotensin-II receptor blocker (ARB) use increased stroke risk, especially the ischemic stroke subtype.2 Our study did not stratify analyses by antihypertensive drug classes because we analyzed …

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