Half of stroke survivors in US have poorly controlled hypertension

Therapies Friday, February 10th, 2012

Cardiology Today: International Stroke Conference 2012. NEW ORLEANS — One in two stroke survivors have poorly controlled hypertension and equally poor rates of antihypertensive therapy, according to data presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference.

Amytis Towfighi, MD, and colleagues reviewed the prevalence and control of hypertension among 490 adult stroke survivors who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999 to 2004, with mortality follow-up through 2006.

“Of individuals who had a prior stroke, only 47% had BP that was well controlled, defined as less than 140 mm Hg/90 mm Hg,” Towfighi, of the University of Southern California and Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, told Cardiology Today. Read Full Article

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