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Original Research

A stress-related explanation to the increased blood pressure and its course following ischemic stroke

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Pages 435-442 | Published online: 11 Nov 2016

Figures & data

Figure 1 Course of systolic BP and diastolic BP in patients admitted within 6 h or after 6 h of symptom onset.

Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; h, hours.
Figure 1 Course of systolic BP and diastolic BP in patients admitted within 6 h or after 6 h of symptom onset.

Figure 2 Course of systolic BP and diastolic BP in patients with proximal MCA occlusion on MRA at 24 h (occlusion) and in patients with normal findings on MRA at 24 h and admission NIHSS score >10 (no occlusion).

Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; MCA, middle cerebral artery; MRA, magnetic resonance angiography; h, hours; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.
Figure 2 Course of systolic BP and diastolic BP in patients with proximal MCA occlusion on MRA at 24 h (occlusion) and in patients with normal findings on MRA at 24 h and admission NIHSS score >10 (no occlusion).

Figure 3 Course of systolic BP in patients with different DWI lesion locations.

Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; DWI, diffusion-weighted imaging; h, hours.
Figure 3 Course of systolic BP in patients with different DWI lesion locations.

Figure 4 Course of diastolic BP in patients with different DWI lesion locations.

Abbreviations: h, hours; BP, blood pressure; DWI, diffusion-weighted imaging.
Figure 4 Course of diastolic BP in patients with different DWI lesion locations.

Table 1 Demographic data and clinical characteristics of the study population with ischemic stroke (n=1067)

Table 2 Mean BP and SD values on admission and <3 h, 3–6 h, 6–12 h and 12–24 h after admission

Table 3 Mean reduction in BP per time unit and differences in mean BP reduction per time unit