RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Nichols, Emma Hitt
T1 The Secondary Prevention of Small Subcortical Strokes Trial: Blood Pressure Intervention Results
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2013
FD SAGE Publications
VO 13
IS 1
SP 22
OP 22
DO 10.1177/155989771301009
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/1/22.1.abstract
AB Small subcortical strokes (S3), or lacunar strokes, account for >25% of brain infarcts. Although S3 are the most common cause of vascular dementia, no clinical trials have focused on this stroke subtype. This article discusses blood pressure intervention results from the Secondary Prevention of Small Subcortical Strokes Trial [SPS3; NCT00059306].