New findings challenge the practice of rapidly lowering blood pressure (BP) in acute ischemic stroke to allow for speedy thrombolysis. The observational cluster study showed that patients treated in ...

BASEL, Switzerland — Early reduction of blood pressure has a beneficial effect in hemorrhagic stroke but a detrimental effect in ischemic stroke, new trial data show. The findings could shake up ...

A study found that prehospital blood pressure (BP) reduction had no impact on functional outcomes among patients with undifferentiated acute stroke, but that it may decrease the odds of poor outcomes ...

Treatment of acute stroke, before a distinction can be made between ischemic and hemorrhagic types, is challenging. Whether very early blood-pressure control in the ambulance improves outcomes among ...

Early identification of stroke type could be key to harnessing the benefits of very early in-ambulance blood pressure lowering treatment in patients with suspected acute stroke, according to new ...

HELSINKI, Finland—In Ghana, survivors of a recent stroke who had hypertension experienced significant improvements in blood pressure control with a simple, mobile-health (mHealth) intervention led by ...

Acute ischemic stroke remains one of medicine’s most time-sensitive emergencies. When blood flow to the brain becomes blocked, approximately 1.9 million neurons die each minute without intervention.