Telmisartan to prevent recurrent stroke and cardiovascular events

Background Prolonged lowering of blood pressure after a stroke reduces the risk of recurrent stroke. In addition, inhibition of the renin–angiotensin system in high-risk patients reduces the rate of subsequent cardiovascular events, including stroke. However, the effect of lowering of blood pres...

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Main Authors: Yusuf, Salim, Diener, Hans-Christoph, Sacco, Ralph L., Cotton, Daniel, Ounpuu, Stephanie, Lawton, William A., Palesch, Yuko, Martin, Renée H., Albers, Gregory W., Bath, Philip M.W., Bornstein, Natan, Chan, Bernard P.L., Chen, Sien-Tsong, Cunha, Luis, Dahlöf, Björn, De Keyser, Jacques, Donnan, Geoffrey A., Estol, Conrado, Gorelick, Philip, Gu, Vivian, Hermansson, Karin, Hillbrich, Lutz, Kaste, Markku, Lu, Chuanzhen, Machnig, Thomas, Pais, Prem, Roberts, Robin, Skvortsova, Veronika, Teal, Philip, Toni, Danilo, Vandermaelen, Cam, Voight, Thor, Weber, Michael, Yoon, Byung-Woo
Format: Article
Published: Massacheutts Medical Society 2008
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/952/