Intensive versus guideline blood pressure and lipid lowering in patients with previous stroke: main results from the pilot ‘Prevention of decline in cognition after stroke trial’ (PODCAST) randomised controlled trial
(2017)
Journal Article
Bath, P. M., Scutt, P., Blackburn, D. J., Ankolekar, S., Krishnan, K., Ballard, C., Burns, A., Mant, J., Passmore, P., Pocock, S., Reckless, J., Sprigg, N., Stewart, R., Wardlaw, J. M., & Ford, G. A. (2017). Intensive versus guideline blood pressure and lipid lowering in patients with previous stroke: main results from the pilot ‘Prevention of decline in cognition after stroke trial’ (PODCAST) randomised controlled trial. PLoS ONE, 12(1), Article e0164608. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164608
Background
Stroke is associated with the development of cognitive impairment and dementia. We assessed the effect of intensive blood pressure (BP) and/or lipid lowering on cognitive outcomes in patients with recent stroke in a pilot trial.
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