03.02.20

Both low and high levels of blood pressure during endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke are associated with poor functional outcome, a new study from Aarhus University Hospital suggests.

- Our study has very clinically relevant findings — that best outcomes are achieved if the mean arterial blood pressure [MABP] is kept between 70-90 mm Hg, lead author Mads Rasmussen, MD, PhD, Aarhus University Hospital, told Medscape Medical News.

Read the article in Medscape Medical News

The study was published online in JAMA Neurology on January 27.