PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Parry, Nicola ED - He, Jiang TI - Immediate Targeted Blood Pressure Reduction Does Not Improve Outcomes in Acute Stroke DP - 2013 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 25--26 VI - 13 IP - 20 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/20/25.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/20/25.full AB - This article presents the final results from the China Antihypertensive Trial in Acute Ischemic Stroke [CATIS; He J et al. JAMA 2013] trial, demonstrating that in acute ischemic stroke patients with elevated blood pressure (BP), antihypertensive treatment to reach a lower target BP does not reduce their risk for death or disability within 14 days.