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Benavente OR, Coffey CS, Conwit R, Hart RG, McClure LA, Pearce LA, Pergola PE, Szychowski JM

Blood-pressure targets in patients with recent lacunar stroke: the SPS3 randomised trial.

Lancet. 2013 Aug;382(9891):507-15, PMID: 23726159

Lowering of blood pressure prevents stroke but optimum target levels to prevent recurrent stroke are unknown. We investigated the effects of different blood-pressure targets on the rate of recurrent stroke in patients with recent lacunar stroke.

MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

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