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Hypertension treatment intensification among stroke survivors with uncontrolled blood pressure.
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- Contemporary achievement of guideline recommendations for blood pressure management after stroke in the CONVINCE trial.European stroke journal · 2026Trial
- Long-term, telephone-based follow-up after stroke and TIA improves risk factors: 36-month results from the randomized controlled NAILED stroke risk factor trial.BMC neurology · 2018Trial
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- Blood pressure trajectory of inpatient stroke rehabilitation patients from the Determining Optimal Post-Stroke Exercise (DOSE) trial over the first 12 months post-stroke.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
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- Association of white mater lesions with orthostatic hypotension.American journal of translational research · 2022Article
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- The Autonomic Regulation of Circulation and Adverse Events in Hypertensive Patients during Follow-Up Study.Cardiology research and practice · 2019Article
- Post-stroke hypertension control and receipt of health care services among veterans.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2018Article
- Development and study of self-efficacy scale in medication adherence among Iranian patients with hypertension.Journal of education and health promotion · 2017Article
- One-Year Rates and Determinants of Poststroke Systolic Blood Pressure Control among Ghanaians.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2017Observational
- No Time to Waste: in Support of Aggressive and Immediate Management of Hypertension.Current hypertension reports · 2016Review
- Blood pressure control versus atrial fibrillation management in stroke prevention.Current hypertension reports · 2015Review
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Abstract
background and purposeWe examined blood pressure 1 year after stroke discharge and its association with treatment intensification.
methodsWe examined the systolic blood pressure (SBP) stratified by discharge SBP (≤140, 141-160, or >160 mm Hg) among a national cohort of Veterans discharged after acute ischemic stroke. Hypertension treatment opportunities were defined as outpatient SBP >160 mm Hg or repeated SBPs >140 mm Hg. Treatment intensification was defined as the proportion of treatment opportunities with antihypertensive changes (range, 0%-100%, where 100% indicates that each elevated SBP always resulted in medication change).
resultsAmong 3153 patients with ischemic stroke, 38% had ≥1 elevated outpatient SBP eligible for treatment intensification in the 1 year after stroke. Thirty percent of patients had a discharge SBP ≤140 mm Hg, and an average 1.93 treatment opportunities and treatment intensification occurred in 58% of eligible visits. Forty-seven percent of patients discharged with SBP 141 to160 mm Hg had an average of 2.1 opportunities for intensification and treatment intensification occurred in 60% of visits. Sixty-three percent of the patients discharged with an SBP >160 mm Hg had an average of 2.4 intensification opportunities, and treatment intensification occurred in 65% of visits.
conclusionsPatients with discharge SBP >160 mm Hg had numerous opportunities to improve hypertension control. Secondary stroke prevention efforts should focus on initiation and review of antihypertensives before acute stroke discharge; management of antihypertensives and titration; and patient medication adherence counseling.
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