International Society of Hypertension (ISH): statement on the management of blood pressure in acute stroke.
PubMedPublished 1 April 2003
Philip M. Bath, John Chalmers, William J. Powers, Lawrence J. Beilin, Stephen M. Davis, Claude Lenfant
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The ISH statement on the management of blood pressure in acute stroke was finalized after presentation and discussion at the World Health Organization and International Society of Hypertension (WHO-ISH) Meeting on Stroke and Blood Pressure, held in Melbourne, Australia, 5-7 December 2002. The meeting was conducted under the auspices of the Austin Hospital Medical Research Foundation, Melbourne.
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