Is blood pressure control for stroke prevention the correct goal? The lost opportunity of preventing hypertension.

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Published in Stroke on May 07, 2015

Authors

George Howard1, Maciej Banach2, Mary Cushman2, David C Goff2, Virginia J Howard2, Daniel T Lackland2, Jim McVay2, James F Meschia2, Paul Muntner2, Suzanne Oparil2, Melanie Rightmyer2, Herman A Taylor2

Author Affiliations

1: From the Departments of Biostatistics (G.H.) and Epidemiology (V.J.H., P.M.), UAB School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL; Department of Hypertension, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland (M.B.); Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington (M.C.); Office of the Dean, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO (D.C.G.); Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (D.T.L.); Bureau of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease, Alabama Department of Public Health, Montgomery (J.M.V., M.R.); Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL (J.F.M.); Department of Medicine, UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL (S.O.); and Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (H.A.T.). ghoward@uab.edu.
2: From the Departments of Biostatistics (G.H.) and Epidemiology (V.J.H., P.M.), UAB School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL; Department of Hypertension, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland (M.B.); Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington (M.C.); Office of the Dean, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO (D.C.G.); Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (D.T.L.); Bureau of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease, Alabama Department of Public Health, Montgomery (J.M.V., M.R.); Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL (J.F.M.); Department of Medicine, UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL (S.O.); and Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (H.A.T.).

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