Abstract
Background
Whether rapid lowering of elevated blood pressure would improve the outcome in
patients with intracerebral hemorrhage is not known.
Methods
We randomly assigned 2839 patients who had had a spontaneous intracerebral
hemorrhage within the previous 6 hours and who had elevated systolic blood pressure
to receive intensive treatment to lower their blood pressure (with a target systolic
level of
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2355 - 2365 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | The New England Journal of Medicine |
Volume | 368 |
Issue number | 25 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |