Does lowering blood pressure prevent recurrent stroke?

Tonkin, Andrew M

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04410.x

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Trial: PROGRESS Collaborative Group. Randomised trial of a perindopril-based blood-pressure-lowering regimen among 6105 individuals with previous stroke or transient ischaemic attack. Lancet 2001; 358: 1033-1041.

National Heart Foundation of Australia, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: Andrew.Tonkin@heartfoundation.com.au

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