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    Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Patients with Previous Ischemic Stroke

    Nov 7, 2026DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2612924Original ArticleNEJM

    Written by: Gisele Sampaio Silva, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.M. Julia Machline-Carrion, M.D., Ph.D.Karla Santo, M.D., Ph.D.João Brainer Clares de Andrade, M.D., Ph.D.Eduardo Martins, M.D., Ph.D.Patrícia Oliveira Guimarães, M.D., Ph.D.Frederico Monfardini, M.Sc.Josué Nieri, B.Sc.Silvia R.L. Assis, M.Sc.Sheila Cristina Ouriques Martins, M.D., Ph.D.Octávio Marques Pontes Neto, M.D., Ph.D.Audes D.M. Feitosa, M.D., Ph.D.Carla Heloisa Cabral Moro, M.D., Ph.D.Sandra C. Fuchs, M.D., Ph.D.Rubens Gagliardi, M.D., Ph.D.Odilson Silvestre, M.D., Ph.D.Ricardo Pereira Silva, M.D., Ph.D.Murillo Antunes, M.D., Ph.D.Eva Carolina Rocha, M.D., Ph.D.Cesar Minelli, M.D., Ph.D.Lilia Nigro Maia, M.D., Ph.D.Luiz A. Bortolotto, M.D., Ph.D.Marcio Gonçalves Sousa, M.D., Ph.D.Luciano F. Drager, M.D., Ph.D.Rodrigo Bazan, M.D., Ph.D.José F. Vilela-Martin, M.D., Ph.D.Jamary Oliveira-Filho, M.D., Ph.D.Viviane Flumignan Zétola, M.D., Ph.D.Wagner Avelar, M.D., Ph.D.Leonardo Augusto Carbonera, M.D., Ph.D.Gabriel Pereira Braga, M.D., Ph.D.Adriana Bastos Conforto, M.D., Ph.D.Caio A.M. Tavares, M.D., Ph.D.Fabrício Oliveira Lima, M.D., Ph.D.Gladys L. Martins, M.D.Letícia Costa Rebello, M.D.Anthony Rodgers, M.D., Ph.D.Paul K. Whelton, M.D.Flavio D. Fuchs, M.D., Ph.D.Otavio Berwanger, M.D., Ph.D.

    Summary

    In patients with previous ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack, a systolic blood-pressure target below 120 mm Hg was associated with fewer major cardiovascular events than a target below 140 mm Hg.
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