Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Triple Low-Dose BP-Lowering Pill Reduces Recurrent Stroke After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

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In patients with prior intracerebral hemorrhage, adding a single pill combining three low-dose antihypertensive agents to standard care significantly reduced recurrent stroke and major cardiovascular events compared with placebo. In this multinational, double-blind, randomized controlled trial of 1,670 clinically stable patients with baseline systolic blood pressure (BP) of 130–160 mm […]

Early Intensive BP-Lowering Beneficial in Intracerebral Hemorrhage

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An individual patient-data pooled analysis of the four Intensive Blood Pressure (BP) Reduction in Acute Cerebral Haemorrhage Trials (INTERACT) supports the safety and efficacy of early intensive BP-lowering in intracerebral hemorrhage. There were 404 patients in INTERACT1, 2829 in INTERACT2, 7036 in INTERACT3, and 1043 in INTERACT4, respectively. INTERACT1–3 enrolled […]