Posts Tagged ‘acute stroke’

October 27th, 2014

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: October 27th

This week’s topics include behavioral counseling for those with CV risk factors, long-term outcomes after stenting vs. endarterectomy for treatment of symptomatic carotid stenosis, and more.


February 11th, 2011

SCAST Trial Provides No Support for Blood Pressure Lowering in Acute Stroke

Lowering blood pressure with an angiotensin-receptor blocker in patients with acute stroke and hypertension produces no benefits, according to a new study presented at the International Stroke Conference and published simultaneously online in the Lancet. In the Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial (SCAST), investigators randomized 2029 acute stroke patients in 9 north European countries who had a […]