Systolic blood pressure as a predictor of transient ischemic attack/minor stroke in emergency department patients under age 80: a prospective cohort study

Autor: Andrew M. Penn, Nicole S. Croteau, Kristine Votova, Colin Sedgwick, Robert F. Balshaw, Shelagh B. Coutts, Melanie Penn, Kaitlin Blackwood, Maximilian B. Bibok, Viera Saly, Janka Hegedus, Amy Y. X. Yu, Charlotte Zerna, Evgenia Klourfeld, Mary L. Lesperance
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: BMC Neurology, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2377
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-019-1466-4
Popis: Abstract Background Elevated blood pressure (BP) at emergency department (ED) presentation and advancing age have been associated with risk of ischemic stroke; however, the relationship between BP, age, and transient ischemic attack/minor stroke (TIA/MS) is not clear. Methods A multi-site, prospective, observational study of 1084 ED patients screened for suspected TIA/MS (symptom onset
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